#BDAC32#BDAC32

#BDAC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC32
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -7.28, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 61.57, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0265 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3162, 40.5558, 8.9321)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC32 #3243BD

analogous

#BD6732 #BDAC32 #89BD32

triadic

#BDAC32 #32BDAC #AC32BD

tetradic

#BDAC32 #32BD67 #3243BD #BD3289

square

#BDAC32 #32BD67 #3243BD #BD3289

split-complementary

#BDAC32 #3289BD #6732BD

monochromatic

#5C5418 #8D8025 #BDAC32 #D3C459 #E0D589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC32

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC32	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#BCA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c473',
    500: '#bdac32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac32;
$custom-light: #d5c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73773,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC32

secondary

#818ACA

accent

#59E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC32

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

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