#BDAC4A#BDAC4A

#BDAC4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC4A
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -5.90, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 51.73, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0198 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9763, 40.8198, 12.4086)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC4A #4A5BBD

analogous

#BD734A #BDAC4A #95BD4A

triadic

#BDAC4A #4ABDAC #AC4ABD

tetradic

#BDAC4A #4ABD73 #4A5BBD #BD4A95

square

#BDAC4A #4ABD73 #4A5BBD #BD4A95

split-complementary

#BDAC4A #4A95BD #734ABD

monochromatic

#675D26 #948636 #BDAC4A #CDC177 #DED5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC4A

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC4A	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)

#BBA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c480',
    500: '#bdac4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac4a;
$custom-light: #d4c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7398,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC4A

secondary

#98A0CB

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC4A

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

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