#BDAC41#BDAC41

#BDAC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC41
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -6.49, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 55.67, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0226 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6945, 40.7071, 10.9244)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC41 #4152BD

analogous

#BD6E41 #BDAC41 #90BD41

triadic

#BDAC41 #41BDAC #AC41BD

tetradic

#BDAC41 #41BD6E #4152BD #BD4190

square

#BDAC41 #41BD6E #4152BD #BD4190

split-complementary

#BDAC41 #4190BD #6E41BD

monochromatic

#625922 #8F8331 #BDAC41 #CDC06E #DDD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BDAC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC41

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC41	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)

#BCA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47b',
    500: '#bdac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac41;
$custom-light: #d4c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC41

secondary

#9199C9

accent

#62D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC41

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

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