#BDAC21#BDAC21

#BDAC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.146 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC21
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -7.92, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 66.94, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0298 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.146 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0151, 40.4354, 7.3463)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC21 #2132BD

analogous

#BD5E21 #BDAC21 #80BD21

triadic

#BDAC21 #21BDAC #AC21BD

tetradic

#BDAC21 #21BD5E #2132BD #BD2180

square

#BDAC21 #21BD5E #2132BD #BD2180

split-complementary

#BDAC21 #2180BD #5E21BD

monochromatic

#554D0F #897D18 #BDAC21 #DDCC3E #E6DA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC21

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC21	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.146 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c46b',
    500: '#bdac21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac21;
$custom-light: #d5c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC21

secondary

#6D77CD

accent

#4EED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC21

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

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