#BDAF21#BDAF21

#BDAF21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.148 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF21
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -9.48, 67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 67.83, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0341 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.148 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5925, 41.5902, 7.5388)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF21 #212FBD

analogous

#BD6121 #BDAF21 #7DBD21

triadic

#BDAF21 #21BDAF #AF21BD

tetradic

#BDAF21 #21BD61 #212FBD #BD217D

square

#BDAF21 #21BD61 #212FBD #BD217D

split-complementary

#BDAF21 #217DBD #6121BD

monochromatic

#554F0F #897F18 #BDAF21 #DDCF3E #E6DC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BDAF21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF21

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF21	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)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c66b',
    500: '#bdaf21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf21;
$custom-light: #d5c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF21

secondary

#6D75CD

accent

#4BED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF21

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

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