#BDAC4D#BDAC4D

#BDAC4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC4D
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -5.68, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 50.37, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0189 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0798, 40.8612, 12.9536)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC4D #4D5EBD

analogous

#BD744D #BDAC4D #96BD4D

triadic

#BDAC4D #4DBDAC #AC4DBD

tetradic

#BDAC4D #4DBD74 #4D5EBD #BD4D96

square

#BDAC4D #4DBD74 #4D5EBD #BD4D96

split-complementary

#BDAC4D #4D96BD #744DBD

monochromatic

#695F27 #958737 #BDAC4D #CEC17A #DED6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC4D

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC4D	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)

#BBA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c482',
    500: '#bdac4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac4d;
$custom-light: #d3c482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC4D

secondary

#9AA2CB

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC4D

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

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