#BDAE54#BDAE54

#BDAE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE54
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -6.20, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 47.84, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0195 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.7239, 41.7325, 14.4539)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE54 #5463BD

analogous

#BD7954 #BDAE54 #97BD54

triadic

#BDAE54 #54BDAE #AE54BD

tetradic

#BDAE54 #54BD79 #5463BD #BD5497

square

#BDAE54 #54BD79 #5463BD #BD5497

split-complementary

#BDAE54 #5497BD #7954BD

monochromatic

#6D632A #998B3B #BDAE54 #CEC380 #DFD8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE54

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE54	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c587',
    500: '#bdae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae54;
$custom-light: #d3c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE54

secondary

#A0A6CD

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE54

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

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