#BDAC48#BDAC48

#BDAC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC48
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -6.04, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 52.63, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0205 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9100, 40.7933, 12.0593)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC48 #4859BD

analogous

#BD7148 #BDAC48 #93BD48

triadic

#BDAC48 #48BDAC #AC48BD

tetradic

#BDAC48 #48BD71 #4859BD #BD4893

square

#BDAC48 #48BD71 #4859BD #BD4893

split-complementary

#BDAC48 #4893BD #7148BD

monochromatic

#665C25 #938535 #BDAC48 #CDC075 #DDD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC48

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC48	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)

#BBA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c47f',
    500: '#bdac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac48;
$custom-light: #d4c47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73959,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC48

secondary

#979ECA

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC48

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

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