#BDAF49#BDAF49

#BDAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF49
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -7.54, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 53.26, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0246 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5203, 41.9613, 12.4250)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF49 #4957BD

analogous

#BD7549 #BDAF49 #91BD49

triadic

#BDAF49 #49BDAF #AF49BD

tetradic

#BDAF49 #49BD75 #4957BD #BD4991

square

#BDAF49 #49BD75 #4957BD #BD4991

split-complementary

#BDAF49 #4991BD #7549BD

monochromatic

#665F25 #938835 #BDAF49 #CDC376 #DED6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BDAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF49

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF49	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c680',
    500: '#bdaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf49;
$custom-light: #d4c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF49

secondary

#979ECA

accent

#61D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF49

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

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