#BDAE4A#BDAE4A

#BDAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE4A
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -6.95, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 52.45, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0228 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.122 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3598, 41.5868, 12.5364)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE4A #4A59BD

analogous

#BD754A #BDAE4A #93BD4A

triadic

#BDAE4A #4ABDAE #AE4ABD

tetradic

#BDAE4A #4ABD75 #4A59BD #BD4A93

square

#BDAE4A #4ABD75 #4A59BD #BD4A93

split-complementary

#BDAE4A #4A93BD #754ABD

monochromatic

#675E26 #948836 #BDAE4A #CDC277 #DED6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BDAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE4A

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE4A	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c580',
    500: '#bdae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae4a;
$custom-light: #d4c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE4A

secondary

#989FCB

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE4A

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

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