#BDAC44#BDAC44

#BDAC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC44
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -6.30, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 54.39, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0217 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(36.7837, 40.7428, 11.3943)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC44 #4455BD

analogous

#BD6F44 #BDAC44 #92BD44

triadic

#BDAC44 #44BDAC #AC44BD

tetradic

#BDAC44 #44BD6F #4455BD #BD4492

square

#BDAC44 #44BD6F #4455BD #BD4492

split-complementary

#BDAC44 #4492BD #6F44BD

monochromatic

#635A23 #918433 #BDAC44 #CDC071 #DDD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDAC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC44

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47d',
    500: '#bdac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac44;
$custom-light: #d4c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.40741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC44

secondary

#939BC9

accent

#63D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC44

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →