#BDAC62#BDAC62

#BDAC62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC62
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -3.91, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 40.26, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0114 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.097 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9445, 41.2071, 17.5079)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC62 #6273BD

analogous

#BD7F62 #BDAC62 #A1BD62

triadic

#BDAC62 #62BDAC #AC62BD

tetradic

#BDAC62 #62BD7F #6273BD #BD62A1

square

#BDAC62 #62BD7F #6273BD #BD62A1

split-complementary

#BDAC62 #62A1BD #7F62BD

monochromatic

#746731 #9F8E43 #BDAC62 #CFC38D #E1DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC62

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC62	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)

#B9A95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c490',
    500: '#bdac62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac62;
$custom-light: #d3c490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.791,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC62

secondary

#ABB2D0

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC62

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

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