#BDAC4F#BDAC4F

#BDAC4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC4F
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -5.54, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 49.45, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0182 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.115 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1515, 40.8899, 13.3312)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC4F #4F60BD

analogous

#BD754F #BDAC4F #97BD4F

triadic

#BDAC4F #4FBDAC #AC4FBD

tetradic

#BDAC4F #4FBD75 #4F60BD #BD4F97

square

#BDAC4F #4FBD75 #4F60BD #BD4F97

split-complementary

#BDAC4F #4F97BD #754FBD

monochromatic

#6A6028 #968838 #BDAC4F #CEC17C #DED6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BDAC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC4F

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC4F	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c483',
    500: '#bdac4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac4f;
$custom-light: #d3c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74035,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC4F

secondary

#9CA3CC

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC4F

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

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