#BDAC69#BDAC69

#BDAC69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.089 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC69
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -3.21, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 36.74, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0087 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.089 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2896, 41.3452, 19.3254)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC69 #697ABD

analogous

#BD8269 #BDAC69 #A4BD69

triadic

#BDAC69 #69BDAC #AC69BD

tetradic

#BDAC69 #69BD82 #697ABD #BD69A4

square

#BDAC69 #69BD82 #697ABD #BD69A4

split-complementary

#BDAC69 #69A4BD #8269BD

monochromatic

#776A34 #A28F47 #BDAC69 #D0C493 #E2DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDAC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC69

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC69	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.089 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c495',
    500: '#bdac69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac69;
$custom-light: #d2c495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.857,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC69

secondary

#B0B7D2

accent

#71CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC69

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

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