#BDAF48#BDAF48

#BDAF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF48
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -7.61, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 53.70, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.025 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4874, 41.9481, 12.2518)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF48 #4856BD

analogous

#BD7448 #BDAF48 #90BD48

triadic

#BDAF48 #48BDAF #AF48BD

tetradic

#BDAF48 #48BD74 #4856BD #BD4890

square

#BDAF48 #48BD74 #4856BD #BD4890

split-complementary

#BDAF48 #4890BD #7448BD

monochromatic

#665E25 #938835 #BDAF48 #CDC375 #DDD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BDAF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF48

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF48	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)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c67f',
    500: '#bdaf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf48;
$custom-light: #d4c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74597,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF48

secondary

#979DCA

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF48

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

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