#BDAC22#BDAC22

#BDAC22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC22
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -7.89, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 66.67, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0296 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0293, 40.4411, 7.4212)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC22 #2233BD

analogous

#BD5E22 #BDAC22 #80BD22

triadic

#BDAC22 #22BDAC #AC22BD

tetradic

#BDAC22 #22BD5E #2233BD #BD2280

square

#BDAC22 #22BD5E #2233BD #BD2280

split-complementary

#BDAC22 #2280BD #5E22BD

monochromatic

#554E0F #897D19 #BDAC22 #DDCB40 #E6D973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAC22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC22

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC22	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)

#C2AE2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c46b',
    500: '#bdac22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac22;
$custom-light: #d5c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73683,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC22

secondary

#6E78CD

accent

#4FEC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC22

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

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