#BDAC53#BDAC53

#BDAC53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC53
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -5.22, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 47.57, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0168 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.112 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3015, 40.9499, 14.1212)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC53 #5364BD

analogous

#BD7753 #BDAC53 #99BD53

triadic

#BDAC53 #53BDAC #AC53BD

tetradic

#BDAC53 #53BD77 #5364BD #BD5399

square

#BDAC53 #53BD77 #5364BD #BD5399

split-complementary

#BDAC53 #5399BD #7753BD

monochromatic

#6C6129 #98893A #BDAC53 #CEC17F #DFD7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC53

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC53	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)

#BBA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c486',
    500: '#bdac53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac53;
$custom-light: #d3c486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74082,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC53

secondary

#9FA6CD

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC53

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

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