#BDAA51#BDAA51

#BDAA51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA51
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -4.33, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 47.80, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0145 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.112 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8476, 40.1639, 13.5945)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA51 #5164BD

analogous

#BD7451 #BDAA51 #9ABD51

triadic

#BDAA51 #51BDAA #AA51BD

tetradic

#BDAA51 #51BD74 #5164BD #BD519A

square

#BDAA51 #51BD74 #5164BD #BD519A

split-complementary

#BDAA51 #519ABD #7451BD

monochromatic

#6B5F29 #978739 #BDAA51 #CEC07D #DFD5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BDAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA51

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA51	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B9A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c385',
    500: '#bdaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa51;
$custom-light: #d3c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73635,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA51

secondary

#9EA6CC

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA51

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

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