#BDAC31#BDAC31

#BDAC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC31
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -7.33, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 61.93, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0267 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2949, 40.5473, 8.8198)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC31 #3142BD

analogous

#BD6631 #BDAC31 #88BD31

triadic

#BDAC31 #31BDAC #AC31BD

tetradic

#BDAC31 #31BD66 #3142BD #BD3188

square

#BDAC31 #31BD66 #3142BD #BD3188

split-complementary

#BDAC31 #3188BD #6631BD

monochromatic

#5C5418 #8C8024 #BDAC31 #D4C558 #E0D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC31

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC31	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)

#BCA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c472',
    500: '#bdac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac31;
$custom-light: #d5c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC31

secondary

#8089CA

accent

#59E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC31

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

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