#BDAC59#BDAC59

#BDAC59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.106 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC59
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -4.73, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 44.69, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0147 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.106 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.5432, 41.0466, 15.3945)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC59 #596ABD

analogous

#BD7A59 #BDAC59 #9CBD59

triadic

#BDAC59 #59BDAC #AC59BD

tetradic

#BDAC59 #59BD7A #596ABD #BD599C

square

#BDAC59 #59BD7A #596ABD #BD599C

split-complementary

#BDAC59 #599CBD #7A59BD

monochromatic

#6F642C #9B8B3E #BDAC59 #CEC285 #E0D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC59

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC59	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.106 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c48a',
    500: '#bdac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac59;
$custom-light: #d3c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74157,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC59

secondary

#A4ABCE

accent

#6AD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC59

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

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