#BDAF46#BDAF46

#BDAF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF46
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -7.74, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 54.58, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0256 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4232, 41.9225, 11.9138)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF46 #4654BD

analogous

#BD7346 #BDAF46 #8FBD46

triadic

#BDAF46 #46BDAF #AF46BD

tetradic

#BDAF46 #46BD73 #4654BD #BD468F

square

#BDAF46 #46BD73 #4654BD #BD468F

split-complementary

#BDAF46 #468FBD #7346BD

monochromatic

#655D24 #928734 #BDAF46 #CDC373 #DDD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BDAF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF46

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF46	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)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c67e',
    500: '#bdaf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf46;
$custom-light: #d4c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF46

secondary

#959BCA

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF46

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

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