#BDAC42#BDAC42

#BDAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC42
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -6.43, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 55.24, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0223 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.126 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7237, 40.7188, 11.0783)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC42 #4253BD

analogous

#BD6E42 #BDAC42 #91BD42

triadic

#BDAC42 #42BDAC #AC42BD

tetradic

#BDAC42 #42BD6E #4253BD #BD4291

square

#BDAC42 #42BD6E #4253BD #BD4291

split-complementary

#BDAC42 #4291BD #6E42BD

monochromatic

#625922 #908332 #BDAC42 #CDC06F #DDD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BDAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC42

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC42	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)

#BCA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47b',
    500: '#bdac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac42;
$custom-light: #d4c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC42

secondary

#9299C9

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC42

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

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