#BDAF3B#BDAF3B

#BDAF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF3B
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -8.40, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 59.15, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0287 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1072, 41.7961, 10.2497)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF3B #3B49BD

analogous

#BD6E3B #BDAF3B #8ABD3B

triadic

#BDAF3B #3BBDAF #AF3BBD

tetradic

#BDAF3B #3BBD6E #3B49BD #BD3B8A

square

#BDAF3B #3BBD6E #3B49BD #BD3B8A

split-complementary

#BDAF3B #3B8ABD #6E3BBD

monochromatic

#60591E #8E842C #BDAF3B #CFC466 #DED695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BDAF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF3B

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF3B	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c678',
    500: '#bdaf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf3b;
$custom-light: #d4c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7448,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF3B

secondary

#8B91C9

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF3B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →