#BDAC3F#BDAC3F

#BDAC3F 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 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC3F
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -6.61, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 56.51, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0231 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6376, 40.6844, 10.6247)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC3F #3F50BD

analogous

#BD6D3F #BDAC3F #8FBD3F

triadic

#BDAC3F #3FBDAC #AC3FBD

tetradic

#BDAC3F #3FBD6D #3F50BD #BD3F8F

square

#BDAC3F #3FBD6D #3F50BD #BD3F8F

split-complementary

#BDAC3F #3F8FBD #6D3FBD

monochromatic

#615820 #8F8230 #BDAC3F #CEC16B #DDD499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BDAC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC3F

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC3F	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47a',
    500: '#bdac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac3f;
$custom-light: #d4c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC3F

secondary

#8F97C9

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC3F

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

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