#BDAF37#BDAF37

#BDAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.137 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF37
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -8.61, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 60.70, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0297 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.137 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0074, 41.7562, 9.7241)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF37 #3745BD

analogous

#BD6C37 #BDAF37 #88BD37

triadic

#BDAF37 #37BDAF #AF37BD

tetradic

#BDAF37 #37BD6C #3745BD #BD3788

square

#BDAF37 #37BD6C #3745BD #BD3788

split-complementary

#BDAF37 #3788BD #6C37BD

monochromatic

#5E571B #8E8329 #BDAF37 #D1C560 #DFD690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF37

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c675',
    500: '#bdaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf37;
$custom-light: #d4c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF37

secondary

#868DC9

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF37

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

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