#BDAC3C#BDAC3C

#BDAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC3C
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -6.78, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 57.74, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.024 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5560, 40.6517, 10.1951)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC3C #3C4DBD

analogous

#BD6C3C #BDAC3C #8EBD3C

triadic

#BDAC3C #3CBDAC #AC3CBD

tetradic

#BDAC3C #3CBD6C #3C4DBD #BD3C8E

square

#BDAC3C #3CBD6C #3C4DBD #BD3C8E

split-complementary

#BDAC3C #3C8EBD #6C3CBD

monochromatic

#60571F #8F822D #BDAC3C #CFC167 #DED496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BDAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC3C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC3C	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)

#BCA72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c478',
    500: '#bdac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac3c;
$custom-light: #d4c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73848,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC3C

secondary

#8C94C9

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC3C

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

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