#BDAC34#BDAC34

#BDAC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC34
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -7.19, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 60.84, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.026 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.3603, 40.5734, 9.1644)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC34 #3445BD

analogous

#BD6834 #BDAC34 #89BD34

triadic

#BDAC34 #34BDAC #AC34BD

tetradic

#BDAC34 #34BD68 #3445BD #BD3489

square

#BDAC34 #34BD68 #3445BD #BD3489

split-complementary

#BDAC34 #3489BD #6834BD

monochromatic

#5D551A #8D8027 #BDAC34 #D2C45C #DFD58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC34

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC34	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)

#BCA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c474',
    500: '#bdac34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac34;
$custom-light: #d5c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.40572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC34

secondary

#838CCA

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC34

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

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