#BDAC3B#BDAC3B

#BDAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC3B
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -6.83, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 58.14, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0242 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5298, 40.6413, 10.0572)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC3B #3B4CBD

analogous

#BD6B3B #BDAC3B #8DBD3B

triadic

#BDAC3B #3BBDAC #AC3BBD

tetradic

#BDAC3B #3BBD6B #3B4CBD #BD3B8D

square

#BDAC3B #3BBD6B #3B4CBD #BD3B8D

split-complementary

#BDAC3B #3B8DBD #6B3BBD

monochromatic

#60571E #8E822C #BDAC3B #CFC166 #DED495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BDAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC3B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC3B	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c477',
    500: '#bdac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac3b;
$custom-light: #d4c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7384,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC3B

secondary

#8B93C9

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC3B

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

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