#BDAE51#BDAE51

#BDAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE51
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -6.44, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 49.25, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0205 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.115 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6089, 41.6865, 13.8482)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE51 #5160BD

analogous

#BD7851 #BDAE51 #96BD51

triadic

#BDAE51 #51BDAE #AE51BD

tetradic

#BDAE51 #51BD78 #5160BD #BD5196

square

#BDAE51 #51BD78 #5160BD #BD5196

split-complementary

#BDAE51 #5196BD #7851BD

monochromatic

#6B6229 #978A39 #BDAE51 #CEC37D #DFD7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE51

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE51	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c585',
    500: '#bdae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae51;
$custom-light: #d3c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE51

secondary

#9EA4CC

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE51

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

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