#BDAC2C#BDAC2C

#BDAC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.141 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC2C
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -7.54, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 63.65, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0278 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.141 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1951, 40.5074, 8.2946)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC2C #2C3DBD

analogous

#BD642C #BDAC2C #85BD2C

triadic

#BDAC2C #2CBDAC #AC2CBD

tetradic

#BDAC2C #2CBD64 #2C3DBD #BD2C85

square

#BDAC2C #2CBD64 #2C3DBD #BD2C85

split-complementary

#BDAC2C #2C85BD #642CBD

monochromatic

#5A5215 #8B7F20 #BDAC2C #D6C750 #E2D782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BDAC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC2C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC2C	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.141 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c470',
    500: '#bdac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac2c;
$custom-light: #d5c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73735,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC2C

secondary

#7A84CB

accent

#56E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC2C

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

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