#BDAC46#BDAC46

#BDAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC46
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -6.17, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 53.51, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0211 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8458, 40.7676, 11.7213)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC46 #4657BD

analogous

#BD7146 #BDAC46 #92BD46

triadic

#BDAC46 #46BDAC #AC46BD

tetradic

#BDAC46 #46BD71 #4657BD #BD4692

square

#BDAC46 #46BD71 #4657BD #BD4692

split-complementary

#BDAC46 #4692BD #7146BD

monochromatic

#655B24 #928434 #BDAC46 #CDC073 #DDD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC46

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47e',
    500: '#bdac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac46;
$custom-light: #d4c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73939,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC46

secondary

#959DCA

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC46

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

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