#BDAC57#BDAC57

#BDAC57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC57
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -4.90, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 45.66, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0154 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.108 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4604, 41.0135, 14.9582)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC57 #5768BD

analogous

#BD7957 #BDAC57 #9BBD57

triadic

#BDAC57 #57BDAC #AC57BD

tetradic

#BDAC57 #57BD79 #5768BD #BD579B

square

#BDAC57 #57BD79 #5768BD #BD579B

split-complementary

#BDAC57 #579BBD #7957BD

monochromatic

#6E632B #9A8B3D #BDAC57 #CEC283 #E0D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BDAC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC57

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC57	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)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c489',
    500: '#bdac57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac57;
$custom-light: #d3c489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74131,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC57

secondary

#A2A9CE

accent

#6AD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC57

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

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