#BDAC65#BDAC65

#BDAC65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.094 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC65
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -3.62, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 38.76, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0102 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.094 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0888, 41.2649, 18.2680)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC65 #6576BD

analogous

#BD8065 #BDAC65 #A2BD65

triadic

#BDAC65 #65BDAC #AC65BD

tetradic

#BDAC65 #65BD80 #6576BD #BD65A2

square

#BDAC65 #65BD80 #6576BD #BD65A2

split-complementary

#BDAC65 #65A2BD #8065BD

monochromatic

#756832 #A08E45 #BDAC65 #CFC390 #E2DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BDAC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC65

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC65	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.094 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c492',
    500: '#bdac65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac65;
$custom-light: #d2c492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.409,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74327,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC65

secondary

#ADB4D1

accent

#6FD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC65

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

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