#BDAC3A#BDAC3A

#BDAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC3A
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -6.89, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 58.54, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0245 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5041, 40.6310, 9.9219)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC3A #3A4BBD

analogous

#BD6A3A #BDAC3A #8CBD3A

triadic

#BDAC3A #3ABDAC #AC3ABD

tetradic

#BDAC3A #3ABD6A #3A4BBD #BD3A8C

square

#BDAC3A #3ABD6A #3A4BBD #BD3A8C

split-complementary

#BDAC3A #3A8CBD #6A3ABD

monochromatic

#5F571D #8E812C #BDAC3A #D0C265 #DED493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BDAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC3A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC3A	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c477',
    500: '#bdac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac3a;
$custom-light: #d4c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC3A

secondary

#8A92C9

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC3A

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

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