#BDAC36#BDAC36

#BDAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC36
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -7.09, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 60.09, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0255 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4063, 40.5919, 9.4067)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC36 #3647BD

analogous

#BD6836 #BDAC36 #8BBD36

triadic

#BDAC36 #36BDAC #AC36BD

tetradic

#BDAC36 #36BD68 #3647BD #BD368B

square

#BDAC36 #36BD68 #3647BD #BD368B

split-complementary

#BDAC36 #368BBD #6836BD

monochromatic

#5E551B #8D8128 #BDAC36 #D1C35F #DFD58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC36

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c475',
    500: '#bdac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac36;
$custom-light: #d4c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC36

secondary

#858EC9

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC36

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

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