#BDAF41#BDAF41

#BDAF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF41
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -8.06, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 56.71, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.027 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.2719, 41.8619, 11.1169)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF41 #414FBD

analogous

#BD7141 #BDAF41 #8DBD41

triadic

#BDAF41 #41BDAF #AF41BD

tetradic

#BDAF41 #41BD71 #414FBD #BD418D

square

#BDAF41 #41BD71 #414FBD #BD418D

split-complementary

#BDAF41 #418DBD #7141BD

monochromatic

#625B22 #8F8531 #BDAF41 #CDC26E #DDD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BDAF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF41

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF41	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)

#BEAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c67b',
    500: '#bdaf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf41;
$custom-light: #d4c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74531,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.4186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF41

secondary

#9197C9

accent

#5FD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF41

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

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