#BDAF42#BDAF42

#BDAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF42
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -8.00, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 56.29, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0267 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.3011, 41.8736, 11.2708)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF42 #4250BD

analogous

#BD7242 #BDAF42 #8DBD42

triadic

#BDAF42 #42BDAF #AF42BD

tetradic

#BDAF42 #42BD72 #4250BD #BD428D

square

#BDAF42 #42BD72 #4250BD #BD428D

split-complementary

#BDAF42 #428DBD #7242BD

monochromatic

#625B22 #908532 #BDAF42 #CDC26F #DDD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BDAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF42

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF42	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)

#BEAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c67c',
    500: '#bdaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf42;
$custom-light: #d4c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7454,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.41872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF42

secondary

#9298C9

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF42

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

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