#BDAA4A#BDAA4A

#BDAA4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA4A
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -4.84, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 51.03, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0168 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.118 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5985, 40.0643, 12.2826)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA4A #4A5DBD

analogous

#BD714A #BDAA4A #97BD4A

triadic

#BDAA4A #4ABDAA #AA4ABD

tetradic

#BDAA4A #4ABD71 #4A5DBD #BD4A97

square

#BDAA4A #4ABD71 #4A5DBD #BD4A97

split-complementary

#BDAA4A #4A97BD #714ABD

monochromatic

#675C26 #948436 #BDAA4A #CDBF77 #DED4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDAA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA4A

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA4A	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)

#B9A640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c380',
    500: '#bdaa4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa4a;
$custom-light: #d4c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA4A

secondary

#98A0CB

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA4A

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

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