#BDAF47#BDAF47

#BDAF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF47
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -7.68, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 54.14, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0253 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4550, 41.9352, 12.0814)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF47 #4755BD

analogous

#BD7447 #BDAF47 #90BD47

triadic

#BDAF47 #47BDAF #AF47BD

tetradic

#BDAF47 #47BD74 #4755BD #BD4790

square

#BDAF47 #47BD74 #4755BD #BD4790

split-complementary

#BDAF47 #4790BD #7447BD

monochromatic

#655E24 #928734 #BDAF47 #CDC374 #DDD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BDAF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF47

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF47	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c67f',
    500: '#bdaf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf47;
$custom-light: #d4c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF47

secondary

#969CCA

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF47

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

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