#BDAC26#BDAC26

#BDAC26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.144 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC26
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -7.76, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 65.53, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0289 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.144 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0904, 40.4655, 7.7430)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC26 #2637BD

analogous

#BD6126 #BDAC26 #83BD26

triadic

#BDAC26 #26BDAC #AC26BD

tetradic

#BDAC26 #26BD61 #2637BD #BD2683

square

#BDAC26 #26BD61 #2637BD #BD2683

split-complementary

#BDAC26 #2683BD #6126BD

monochromatic

#574F12 #8A7E1C #BDAC26 #DAC946 #E4D879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAC26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC26

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC26	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)

#C2AE31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.144 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c46d',
    500: '#bdac26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac26;
$custom-light: #d5c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73702,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC26

secondary

#737DCC

accent

#52E93E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC26

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

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