#BDAC52#BDAC52

#BDAC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC52
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -5.30, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 48.04, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0172 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2631, 40.9346, 13.9193)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC52 #5263BD

analogous

#BD7652 #BDAC52 #99BD52

triadic

#BDAC52 #52BDAC #AC52BD

tetradic

#BDAC52 #52BD76 #5263BD #BD5299

square

#BDAC52 #52BD76 #5263BD #BD5299

split-complementary

#BDAC52 #5299BD #7652BD

monochromatic

#6C6129 #98893A #BDAC52 #CEC17E #DFD7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC52

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC52	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c485',
    500: '#bdac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac52;
$custom-light: #d3c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7407,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC52

secondary

#9EA6CC

accent

#68D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC52

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

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