#BDAC47#BDAC47

#BDAC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC47
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -6.10, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 53.07, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0208 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8776, 40.7804, 11.8889)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC47 #4758BD

analogous

#BD7147 #BDAC47 #93BD47

triadic

#BDAC47 #47BDAC #AC47BD

tetradic

#BDAC47 #47BD71 #4758BD #BD4793

square

#BDAC47 #47BD71 #4758BD #BD4793

split-complementary

#BDAC47 #4793BD #7147BD

monochromatic

#655C24 #928534 #BDAC47 #CDC074 #DDD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC47

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC47	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47e',
    500: '#bdac47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac47;
$custom-light: #d4c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73949,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC47

secondary

#969DCA

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC47

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

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