#BDAC63#BDAC63

#BDAC63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.096 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC63
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -3.81, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 39.76, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.011 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.096 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9920, 41.2261, 17.7582)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC63 #6374BD

analogous

#BD7F63 #BDAC63 #A1BD63

triadic

#BDAC63 #63BDAC #AC63BD

tetradic

#BDAC63 #63BD7F #6374BD #BD63A1

square

#BDAC63 #63BD7F #6374BD #BD63A1

split-complementary

#BDAC63 #63A1BD #7F63BD

monochromatic

#746831 #9F8E43 #BDAC63 #CFC38E #E1DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAC63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAC63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC63

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC63	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)

#B9A95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.096 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c491',
    500: '#bdac63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac63;
$custom-light: #d3c491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74297,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC63

secondary

#ABB2D0

accent

#6ED057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC63

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

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