#BDAC43#BDAC43

#BDAC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC43
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -6.36, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 54.82, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.022 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7534, 40.7307, 11.2350)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC43 #4354BD

analogous

#BD6F43 #BDAC43 #91BD43

triadic

#BDAC43 #43BDAC #AC43BD

tetradic

#BDAC43 #43BD6F #4354BD #BD4391

square

#BDAC43 #43BD6F #4354BD #BD4391

split-complementary

#BDAC43 #4391BD #6F43BD

monochromatic

#635A23 #908333 #BDAC43 #CDC070 #DDD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDAC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC43

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC43	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47c',
    500: '#bdac43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac43;
$custom-light: #d4c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC43

secondary

#939AC9

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC43

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

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