#BDAF34#BDAF34

#BDAF34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF34
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -8.76, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 61.82, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0304 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.139 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9377, 41.7283, 9.3568)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF34 #3442BD

analogous

#BD6B34 #BDAF34 #86BD34

triadic

#BDAF34 #34BDAF #AF34BD

tetradic

#BDAF34 #34BD6B #3442BD #BD3486

square

#BDAF34 #34BD6B #3442BD #BD3486

split-complementary

#BDAF34 #3486BD #6B34BD

monochromatic

#5D561A #8D8327 #BDAF34 #D2C65C #DFD78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF34

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF34	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)

#BFA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c674',
    500: '#bdaf34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf34;
$custom-light: #d5c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF34

secondary

#838ACA

accent

#57E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF34

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

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