#BDAF39#BDAF39

#BDAF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF39
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -8.51, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 59.94, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0292 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0563, 41.7757, 9.9817)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF39 #3947BD

analogous

#BD6D39 #BDAF39 #89BD39

triadic

#BDAF39 #39BDAF #AF39BD

tetradic

#BDAF39 #39BD6D #3947BD #BD3989

square

#BDAF39 #39BD6D #3947BD #BD3989

split-complementary

#BDAF39 #3989BD #6D39BD

monochromatic

#5F581D #8E832B #BDAF39 #D0C463 #DED692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF39

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF39	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c677',
    500: '#bdaf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf39;
$custom-light: #d4c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74464,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF39

secondary

#898FC9

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF39

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

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