#BDAC45#BDAC45

#BDAC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC45
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -6.24, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 53.95, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0214 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8145, 40.7551, 11.5564)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC45 #4556BD

analogous

#BD7045 #BDAC45 #92BD45

triadic

#BDAC45 #45BDAC #AC45BD

tetradic

#BDAC45 #45BD70 #4556BD #BD4592

square

#BDAC45 #45BD70 #4556BD #BD4592

split-complementary

#BDAC45 #4592BD #7045BD

monochromatic

#645B24 #918434 #BDAC45 #CDC072 #DDD49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC45

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC45	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47d',
    500: '#bdac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac45;
$custom-light: #d4c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC45

secondary

#949CCA

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC45

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

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