#BDAC37#BDAC37

#BDAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC37
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -7.04, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 59.71, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0253 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4300, 40.6013, 9.5316)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC37 #3748BD

analogous

#BD6937 #BDAC37 #8BBD37

triadic

#BDAC37 #37BDAC #AC37BD

tetradic

#BDAC37 #37BD69 #3748BD #BD378B

square

#BDAC37 #37BD69 #3748BD #BD378B

split-complementary

#BDAC37 #378BBD #6937BD

monochromatic

#5E561B #8E8129 #BDAC37 #D1C360 #DFD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC37

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c475',
    500: '#bdac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac37;
$custom-light: #d4c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73808,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC37

secondary

#868FC9

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC37

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

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