#BDAC3D#BDAC3D

#BDAC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC3D
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -6.72, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 57.33, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0237 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5827, 40.6624, 10.3356)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC3D #3D4EBD

analogous

#BD6C3D #BDAC3D #8EBD3D

triadic

#BDAC3D #3DBDAC #AC3DBD

tetradic

#BDAC3D #3DBD6C #3D4EBD #BD3D8E

square

#BDAC3D #3DBD6C #3D4EBD #BD3D8E

split-complementary

#BDAC3D #3D8EBD #6C3DBD

monochromatic

#60581F #8F822E #BDAC3D #CEC169 #DDD497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BDAC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC3D

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC3D	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)

#BCA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c479',
    500: '#bdac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac3d;
$custom-light: #d4c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC3D

secondary

#8D95C9

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC3D

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

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