#BDAA2C#BDAA2C

#BDAA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.139 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA2C
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -6.49, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 63.04, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0248 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.139 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8174, 39.7518, 8.1686)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA2C #2C3FBD

analogous

#BD612C #BDAA2C #87BD2C

triadic

#BDAA2C #2CBDAA #AA2CBD

tetradic

#BDAA2C #2CBD61 #2C3FBD #BD2C87

square

#BDAA2C #2CBD61 #2C3FBD #BD2C87

split-complementary

#BDAA2C #2C87BD #612CBD

monochromatic

#5A5115 #8B7D20 #BDAA2C #D6C550 #E2D582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDAA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BDAA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA2C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA2C	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26f',
    500: '#bdaa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa2c;
$custom-light: #d5c26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.138,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73308,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA2C

secondary

#7A85CB

accent

#58E542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA2C

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

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