#BDAC4B#BDAC4B

#BDAC4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC4B
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -5.83, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 51.28, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0195 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0102, 40.8334, 12.5874)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC4B #4B5CBD

analogous

#BD734B #BDAC4B #95BD4B

triadic

#BDAC4B #4BBDAC #AC4BBD

tetradic

#BDAC4B #4BBD73 #4B5CBD #BD4B95

square

#BDAC4B #4BBD73 #4B5CBD #BD4B95

split-complementary

#BDAC4B #4B95BD #734BBD

monochromatic

#685E26 #948636 #BDAC4B #CDC178 #DED5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC4B

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC4B	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c481',
    500: '#bdac4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac4b;
$custom-light: #d4c481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7399,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC4B

secondary

#99A0CB

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC4B

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

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