#BDAF35#BDAF35

#BDAF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF35
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -8.71, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 61.45, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0302 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9605, 41.7374, 9.4767)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF35 #3543BD

analogous

#BD6B35 #BDAF35 #87BD35

triadic

#BDAF35 #35BDAF #AF35BD

tetradic

#BDAF35 #35BD6B #3543BD #BD3587

square

#BDAF35 #35BD6B #3543BD #BD3587

split-complementary

#BDAF35 #3587BD #6B35BD

monochromatic

#5D561A #8D8328 #BDAF35 #D2C65D #DFD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF35

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF35	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)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c674',
    500: '#bdaf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf35;
$custom-light: #d5c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74435,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF35

secondary

#848BCA

accent

#58DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF35

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

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