#BDAC5A#BDAC5A

#BDAC5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC5A
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -4.64, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 44.21, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0143 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.105 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5855, 41.0635, 15.6171)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC5A #5A6BBD

analogous

#BD7B5A #BDAC5A #9DBD5A

triadic

#BDAC5A #5ABDAC #AC5ABD

tetradic

#BDAC5A #5ABD7B #5A6BBD #BD5A9D

square

#BDAC5A #5ABD7B #5A6BBD #BD5A9D

split-complementary

#BDAC5A #5A9DBD #7B5ABD

monochromatic

#70642D #9C8C3E #BDAC5A #CEC286 #E0D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDAC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC5A

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC5A	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)

#BAA853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c48b',
    500: '#bdac5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac5a;
$custom-light: #d3c48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC5A

secondary

#A5ACCE

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC5A

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

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