#BDAC38#BDAC38

#BDAC38 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	#BDAC38
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -6.99, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 59.32, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.025 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4542, 40.6110, 9.6591)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC38 #3849BD

analogous

#BD6938 #BDAC38 #8BBD38

triadic

#BDAC38 #38BDAC #AC38BD

tetradic

#BDAC38 #38BD69 #3849BD #BD388B

square

#BDAC38 #38BD69 #3849BD #BD388B

split-complementary

#BDAC38 #388BBD #6938BD

monochromatic

#5F561C #8E812A #BDAC38 #D0C262 #DED591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC38

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c476',
    500: '#bdac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac38;
$custom-light: #d4c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC38

secondary

#8790C9

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC38

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

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