#BDAC73#BDAC73

#BDAC73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.078 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAC73
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -2.12, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 31.63, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0047 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.078 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8341, 41.5630, 22.1932)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAC73 #7384BD

analogous

#BD8773 #BDAC73 #A9BD73

triadic

#BDAC73 #73BDAC #AC73BD

tetradic

#BDAC73 #73BD87 #7384BD #BD73A9

square

#BDAC73 #73BD87 #7384BD #BD73A9

split-complementary

#BDAC73 #73A9BD #8773BD

monochromatic

#7B6C3A #A5914E #BDAC73 #D1C59D #E4DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BDAC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAC73

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAC73	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdac73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.078 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c49c',
    500: '#bdac73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdac73;
$custom-light: #d2c49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdac73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.07784,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAC73

secondary

#B8BED4

accent

#76CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAC73

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

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