#BDAF36#BDAF36

#BDAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.137 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF36
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -8.66, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 61.08, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0299 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.137 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9837, 41.7467, 9.5991)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF36 #3644BD

analogous

#BD6C36 #BDAF36 #87BD36

triadic

#BDAF36 #36BDAF #AF36BD

tetradic

#BDAF36 #36BD6C #3644BD #BD3687

square

#BDAF36 #36BD6C #3644BD #BD3687

split-complementary

#BDAF36 #3687BD #6C36BD

monochromatic

#5E571B #8D8328 #BDAF36 #D1C55F #DFD78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF36

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF36	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)

#BFA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c675',
    500: '#bdaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf36;
$custom-light: #d4c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74442,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF36

secondary

#858CC9

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →