#BDAC35#BDAC35

#BDAC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC35
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -7.14, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 60.47, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0257 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3831, 40.5826, 9.2843)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC35 #3546BD

analogous

#BD6835 #BDAC35 #8ABD35

triadic

#BDAC35 #35BDAC #AC35BD

tetradic

#BDAC35 #35BD68 #3546BD #BD358A

square

#BDAC35 #35BD68 #3546BD #BD358A

split-complementary

#BDAC35 #358ABD #6835BD

monochromatic

#5D551A #8D8128 #BDAC35 #D2C35D #DFD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC35

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC35	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c474',
    500: '#bdac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac35;
$custom-light: #d5c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73794,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC35

secondary

#848DCA

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC35

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

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