#BDAA4E#BDAA4E

#BDAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA4E
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -4.55, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 49.20, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0155 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7376, 40.1199, 13.0150)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA4E #4E61BD

analogous

#BD734E #BDAA4E #98BD4E

triadic

#BDAA4E #4EBDAA #AA4EBD

tetradic

#BDAA4E #4EBD73 #4E61BD #BD4E98

square

#BDAA4E #4EBD73 #4E61BD #BD4E98

split-complementary

#BDAA4E #4E98BD #734EBD

monochromatic

#695E27 #968638 #BDAA4E #CEBF7B #DED5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BDAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA4E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA4E	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)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c383',
    500: '#bdaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa4e;
$custom-light: #d3c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.736,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA4E

secondary

#9BA4CC

accent

#69D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA4E

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

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