#BDAA4D#BDAA4D

#BDAA4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.115 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA4D
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -4.63, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 49.66, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0158 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.115 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7020, 40.1057, 12.8277)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA4D #4D60BD

analogous

#BD724D #BDAA4D #98BD4D

triadic

#BDAA4D #4DBDAA #AA4DBD

tetradic

#BDAA4D #4DBD72 #4D60BD #BD4D98

square

#BDAA4D #4DBD72 #4D60BD #BD4D98

split-complementary

#BDAA4D #4D98BD #724DBD

monochromatic

#695E27 #958537 #BDAA4D #CEBF7A #DED5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BDAA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA4D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA4D	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)

#B9A643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.115 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c382',
    500: '#bdaa4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa4d;
$custom-light: #d4c382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73589,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA4D

secondary

#9AA3CB

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA4D

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

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