#BDAA4B#BDAA4B

#BDAA4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA4B
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -4.77, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 50.58, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0165 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6325, 40.0779, 12.4615)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA4B #4B5EBD

analogous

#BD714B #BDAA4B #97BD4B

triadic

#BDAA4B #4BBDAA #AA4BBD

tetradic

#BDAA4B #4BBD71 #4B5EBD #BD4B97

square

#BDAA4B #4BBD71 #4B5EBD #BD4B97

split-complementary

#BDAA4B #4B97BD #714BBD

monochromatic

#685D26 #948536 #BDAA4B #CDBF78 #DED4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BDAA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA4B

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA4B	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c381',
    500: '#bdaa4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa4b;
$custom-light: #d4c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73567,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA4B

secondary

#99A1CB

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA4B

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

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