#BDAC5E#BDAC5E

#BDAC5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC5E
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -4.28, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 42.25, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0129 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.101 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7604, 41.1335, 16.5380)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC5E #5E6FBD

analogous

#BD7C5E #BDAC5E #9EBD5E

triadic

#BDAC5E #5EBDAC #AC5EBD

tetradic

#BDAC5E #5EBD7C #5E6FBD #BD5E9E

square

#BDAC5E #5EBD7C #5E6FBD #BD5E9E

split-complementary

#BDAC5E #5E9EBD #7C5EBD

monochromatic

#72662F #9D8D40 #BDAC5E #CFC289 #E1D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BDAC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC5E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC5E	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c48d',
    500: '#bdac5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac5e;
$custom-light: #d3c48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74225,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC5E

secondary

#A8AFCF

accent

#6CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC5E

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

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