#BDAC4E#BDAC4E

#BDAC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC4E
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -5.61, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 49.91, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0185 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.116 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1153, 40.8755, 13.1410)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC4E #4E5FBD

analogous

#BD754E #BDAC4E #96BD4E

triadic

#BDAC4E #4EBDAC #AC4EBD

tetradic

#BDAC4E #4EBD75 #4E5FBD #BD4E96

square

#BDAC4E #4EBD75 #4E5FBD #BD4E96

split-complementary

#BDAC4E #4E96BD #754EBD

monochromatic

#695F27 #968838 #BDAC4E #CEC17B #DED6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC4E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC4E	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)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c483',
    500: '#bdac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac4e;
$custom-light: #d3c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74023,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC4E

secondary

#9BA3CC

accent

#66D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC4E

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

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