#BDAF40#BDAF40

#BDAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF40
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -8.12, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 57.13, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0273 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2432, 41.8505, 10.9657)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF40 #404EBD

analogous

#BD7140 #BDAF40 #8DBD40

triadic

#BDAF40 #40BDAF #AF40BD

tetradic

#BDAF40 #40BD71 #404EBD #BD408D

square

#BDAF40 #40BD71 #404EBD #BD408D

split-complementary

#BDAF40 #408DBD #7140BD

monochromatic

#625A21 #8F8531 #BDAF40 #CDC36D #DDD69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BDAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF40

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF40	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c67a',
    500: '#bdaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf40;
$custom-light: #d4c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74522,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF40

secondary

#9096C9

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF40

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

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