#BDAC49#BDAC49

#BDAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC49
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -5.97, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 52.18, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0201 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9429, 40.8065, 12.2325)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC49 #495ABD

analogous

#BD7249 #BDAC49 #94BD49

triadic

#BDAC49 #49BDAC #AC49BD

tetradic

#BDAC49 #49BD72 #495ABD #BD4994

square

#BDAC49 #49BD72 #495ABD #BD4994

split-complementary

#BDAC49 #4994BD #7249BD

monochromatic

#665D25 #938635 #BDAC49 #CDC076 #DED5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC49

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC49	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)

#BBA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c480',
    500: '#bdac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac49;
$custom-light: #d4c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC49

secondary

#979FCA

accent

#65D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC49

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

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