#BDAA50#BDAA50

#BDAA50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA50
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -4.40, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 48.27, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0148 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.113 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8104, 40.1490, 13.3984)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA50 #5063BD

analogous

#BD7350 #BDAA50 #9ABD50

triadic

#BDAA50 #50BDAA #AA50BD

tetradic

#BDAA50 #50BD73 #5063BD #BD509A

square

#BDAA50 #50BD73 #5063BD #BD509A

split-complementary

#BDAA50 #509ABD #7350BD

monochromatic

#6A5F28 #978739 #BDAA50 #CEC07C #DFD5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BDAA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA50

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA50	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)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c384',
    500: '#bdaa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa50;
$custom-light: #d3c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA50

secondary

#9DA5CC

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA50

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

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