#BDAC23#BDAC23

#BDAC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.145 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC23
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -7.86, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 66.40, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0294 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.145 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0439, 40.4469, 7.4983)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC23 #2334BD

analogous

#BD5F23 #BDAC23 #81BD23

triadic

#BDAC23 #23BDAC #AC23BD

tetradic

#BDAC23 #23BD5F #2334BD #BD2381

square

#BDAC23 #23BD5F #2334BD #BD2381

split-complementary

#BDAC23 #2381BD #5F23BD

monochromatic

#564E10 #897D19 #BDAC23 #DCCB41 #E5D975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC23

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC23	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)

#C2AE2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.145 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c46c',
    500: '#bdac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac23;
$custom-light: #d5c46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.377,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC23

secondary

#6F79CD

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC23

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

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