#BDAA49#BDAA49

#BDAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.119 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA49
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -4.91, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 51.49, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0171 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.119 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5651, 40.0509, 12.1066)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA49 #495CBD

analogous

#BD7049 #BDAA49 #96BD49

triadic

#BDAA49 #49BDAA #AA49BD

tetradic

#BDAA49 #49BD70 #495CBD #BD4996

square

#BDAA49 #49BD70 #495CBD #BD4996

split-complementary

#BDAA49 #4996BD #7049BD

monochromatic

#665C25 #938435 #BDAA49 #CDBF76 #DED4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA49

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA49	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.119 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c380',
    500: '#bdaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa49;
$custom-light: #d4c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA49

secondary

#97A0CA

accent

#67D651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA49

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

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