#BDAF32#BDAF32

#BDAF32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF32
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -8.85, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 62.54, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0309 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.14 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8936, 41.7106, 9.1246)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF32 #3240BD

analogous

#BD6A32 #BDAF32 #86BD32

triadic

#BDAF32 #32BDAF #AF32BD

tetradic

#BDAF32 #32BD6A #3240BD #BD3286

square

#BDAF32 #32BD6A #3240BD #BD3286

split-complementary

#BDAF32 #3286BD #6A32BD

monochromatic

#5C5518 #8D8225 #BDAF32 #D3C759 #E0D789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDAF32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF32

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF32	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)

#BFA91B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.140 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c673',
    500: '#bdaf32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf32;
$custom-light: #d5c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF32

secondary

#8188CA

accent

#56E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF32

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

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