#BDAF45#BDAF45

#BDAF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF45
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -7.81, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 55.01, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0259 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3919, 41.9099, 11.7489)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF45 #4553BD

analogous

#BD7345 #BDAF45 #8FBD45

triadic

#BDAF45 #45BDAF #AF45BD

tetradic

#BDAF45 #45BD73 #4553BD #BD458F

square

#BDAF45 #45BD73 #4553BD #BD458F

split-complementary

#BDAF45 #458FBD #7345BD

monochromatic

#645D24 #918634 #BDAF45 #CDC272 #DDD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BDAF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF45

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF45	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c67d',
    500: '#bdaf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf45;
$custom-light: #d4c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74568,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF45

secondary

#949ACA

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF45

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

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