#BDAC40#BDAC40

#BDAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC40
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -6.55, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 56.09, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0228 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6658, 40.6956, 10.7732)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC40 #4051BD

analogous

#BD6E40 #BDAC40 #90BD40

triadic

#BDAC40 #40BDAC #AC40BD

tetradic

#BDAC40 #40BD6E #4051BD #BD4090

square

#BDAC40 #40BD6E #4051BD #BD4090

split-complementary

#BDAC40 #4090BD #6E40BD

monochromatic

#625921 #8F8231 #BDAC40 #CDC06D #DDD49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BDAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC40

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC40	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)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47a',
    500: '#bdac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac40;
$custom-light: #d4c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73882,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC40

secondary

#9098C9

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC40

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

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