#BDAC5D#BDAC5D

#BDAC5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC5D
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -4.37, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 42.74, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0132 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.102 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7158, 41.1156, 16.3032)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC5D #5D6EBD

analogous

#BD7C5D #BDAC5D #9EBD5D

triadic

#BDAC5D #5DBDAC #AC5DBD

tetradic

#BDAC5D #5DBD7C #5D6EBD #BD5D9E

square

#BDAC5D #5DBD7C #5D6EBD #BD5D9E

split-complementary

#BDAC5D #5D9EBD #7C5DBD

monochromatic

#71652E #9D8C40 #BDAC5D #CFC288 #E0D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDAC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC5D

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC5D	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c48d',
    500: '#bdac5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac5d;
$custom-light: #d3c48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74211,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC5D

secondary

#A7AECF

accent

#6CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC5D

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

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