#BDAC2E#BDAC2E

#BDAC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC2E
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -7.46, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 62.98, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0273 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2336, 40.5228, 8.4974)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC2E #2E3FBD

analogous

#BD642E #BDAC2E #86BD2E

triadic

#BDAC2E #2EBDAC #AC2EBD

tetradic

#BDAC2E #2EBD64 #2E3FBD #BD2E86

square

#BDAC2E #2EBD64 #2E3FBD #BD2E86

split-complementary

#BDAC2E #2E86BD #642EBD

monochromatic

#5B5216 #8C7F22 #BDAC2E #D5C653 #E1D684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BDAC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC2E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC2E	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)

#BDA714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c471',
    500: '#bdac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac2e;
$custom-light: #d5c471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73747,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC2E

secondary

#7C86CA

accent

#57E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC2E

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

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