#BDAE52#BDAE52

#BDAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE52
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -6.36, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 48.78, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0202 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.114 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6466, 41.7016, 14.0472)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE52 #5261BD

analogous

#BD7852 #BDAE52 #96BD52

triadic

#BDAE52 #52BDAE #AE52BD

tetradic

#BDAE52 #52BD78 #5261BD #BD5296

square

#BDAE52 #52BD78 #5261BD #BD5296

split-complementary

#BDAE52 #5296BD #7852BD

monochromatic

#6C6229 #988B3A #BDAE52 #CEC37E #DFD7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE52

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE52	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)

#BCAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c585',
    500: '#bdae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae52;
$custom-light: #d3c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74493,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE52

secondary

#9EA5CC

accent

#65D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE52

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

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