#BDAC2F#BDAC2F

#BDAC2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC2F
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -7.41, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 62.63, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0271 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2536, 40.5308, 8.6024)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC2F #2F40BD

analogous

#BD652F #BDAC2F #87BD2F

triadic

#BDAC2F #2FBDAC #AC2FBD

tetradic

#BDAC2F #2FBD65 #2F40BD #BD2F87

square

#BDAC2F #2FBD65 #2F40BD #BD2F87

split-complementary

#BDAC2F #2F87BD #652FBD

monochromatic

#5B5317 #8C7F23 #BDAC2F #D5C555 #E1D686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAC2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC2F

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC2F	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c471',
    500: '#bdac2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac2f;
$custom-light: #d5c471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73753,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC2F

secondary

#7E87CA

accent

#57E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC2F

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

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