#BDAC33#BDAC33

#BDAC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC33
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -7.24, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 61.21, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0262 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.3380, 40.5645, 9.0470)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC33 #3344BD

analogous

#BD6733 #BDAC33 #89BD33

triadic

#BDAC33 #33BDAC #AC33BD

tetradic

#BDAC33 #33BD67 #3344BD #BD3389

square

#BDAC33 #33BD67 #3344BD #BD3389

split-complementary

#BDAC33 #3389BD #6733BD

monochromatic

#5D5419 #8D8026 #BDAC33 #D3C45B #E0D58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC33

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c473',
    500: '#bdac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac33;
$custom-light: #d5c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.40563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC33

secondary

#828BCA

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC33

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

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