#BDAC61#BDAC61

#BDAC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC61
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -4.00, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 40.76, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0117 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.098 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8976, 41.1884, 17.2608)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC61 #6172BD

analogous

#BD7E61 #BDAC61 #A0BD61

triadic

#BDAC61 #61BDAC #AC61BD

tetradic

#BDAC61 #61BD7E #6172BD #BD61A0

square

#BDAC61 #61BD7E #6172BD #BD61A0

split-complementary

#BDAC61 #61A0BD #7E61BD

monochromatic

#736730 #9F8E42 #BDAC61 #CFC38C #E1D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC61

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC61	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c48f',
    500: '#bdac61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac61;
$custom-light: #d3c48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.913,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74268,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC61

secondary

#AAB1D0

accent

#6DD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC61

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

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