#BDAF23#BDAF23

#BDAF23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.148 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF23
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -9.42, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 67.29, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0338 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.148 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6214, 41.6017, 7.6907)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF23 #2331BD

analogous

#BD6223 #BDAF23 #7EBD23

triadic

#BDAF23 #23BDAF #AF23BD

tetradic

#BDAF23 #23BD62 #2331BD #BD237E

square

#BDAF23 #23BD62 #2331BD #BD237E

split-complementary

#BDAF23 #237EBD #6223BD

monochromatic

#564F10 #897F19 #BDAF23 #DCCE41 #E5DB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BDAF23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF23

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF23	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)

#C4B02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c66c',
    500: '#bdaf23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf23;
$custom-light: #d5c66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF23

secondary

#6F78CD

accent

#4CEC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF23

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

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