#BDAE49#BDAE49

#BDAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE49
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -7.02, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 52.90, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0231 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3264, 41.5735, 12.3604)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE49 #4958BD

analogous

#BD7449 #BDAE49 #92BD49

triadic

#BDAE49 #49BDAE #AE49BD

tetradic

#BDAE49 #49BD74 #4958BD #BD4992

square

#BDAE49 #49BD74 #4958BD #BD4992

split-complementary

#BDAE49 #4992BD #7449BD

monochromatic

#665E25 #938735 #BDAE49 #CDC276 #DED6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BDAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE49

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE49	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c580',
    500: '#bdae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae49;
$custom-light: #d4c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE49

secondary

#979ECA

accent

#63D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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