#BDAC39#BDAC39

#BDAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC39
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -6.94, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 58.93, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0247 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4789, 40.6209, 9.7892)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC39 #394ABD

analogous

#BD6A39 #BDAC39 #8CBD39

triadic

#BDAC39 #39BDAC #AC39BD

tetradic

#BDAC39 #39BD6A #394ABD #BD398C

square

#BDAC39 #39BD6A #394ABD #BD398C

split-complementary

#BDAC39 #398CBD #6A39BD

monochromatic

#5F561D #8E812B #BDAC39 #D0C263 #DED492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC39

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c476',
    500: '#bdac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac39;
$custom-light: #d4c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73824,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC39

secondary

#8991C9

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC39

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

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