#BDAC55#BDAC55

#BDAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.110 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC55
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -5.06, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 46.62, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0161 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.11 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3798, 40.9813, 14.5338)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC55 #5566BD

analogous

#BD7855 #BDAC55 #9ABD55

triadic

#BDAC55 #55BDAC #AC55BD

tetradic

#BDAC55 #55BD78 #5566BD #BD559A

square

#BDAC55 #55BD78 #5566BD #BD559A

split-complementary

#BDAC55 #559ABD #7855BD

monochromatic

#6D622A #998A3C #BDAC55 #CEC281 #DFD7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BDAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC55

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC55	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.110 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c487',
    500: '#bdac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac55;
$custom-light: #d3c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74106,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC55

secondary

#A1A8CD

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC55

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

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