#BDAA4F#BDAA4F

#BDAA4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA4F
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -4.48, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 48.73, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0152 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.114 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7737, 40.1344, 13.2053)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA4F #4F62BD

analogous

#BD734F #BDAA4F #99BD4F

triadic

#BDAA4F #4FBDAA #AA4FBD

tetradic

#BDAA4F #4FBD73 #4F62BD #BD4F99

square

#BDAA4F #4FBD73 #4F62BD #BD4F99

split-complementary

#BDAA4F #4F99BD #734FBD

monochromatic

#6A5E28 #968638 #BDAA4F #CEBF7C #DED5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BDAA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA4F

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA4F	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c383',
    500: '#bdaa4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa4f;
$custom-light: #d3c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73612,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA4F

secondary

#9CA4CC

accent

#69D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA4F

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

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