#BDAC3E#BDAC3E

#BDAC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC3E
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -6.66, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 56.92, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0234 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6099, 40.6733, 10.4788)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC3E #3E4FBD

analogous

#BD6D3E #BDAC3E #8EBD3E

triadic

#BDAC3E #3EBDAC #AC3EBD

tetradic

#BDAC3E #3EBD6D #3E4FBD #BD3E8E

square

#BDAC3E #3EBD6D #3E4FBD #BD3E8E

split-complementary

#BDAC3E #3E8EBD #6D3EBD

monochromatic

#615820 #8F822F #BDAC3E #CEC16A #DDD498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BDAC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC3E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC3E	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)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c479',
    500: '#bdac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac3e;
$custom-light: #d4c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73865,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC3E

secondary

#8E96C9

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC3E

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

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