#BDAA55#BDAA55

#BDAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA55
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -4.01, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 45.90, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0131 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.108 97)
XYZ	xyz(37.0020, 40.2257, 14.4078)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA55 #5568BD

analogous

#BD7655 #BDAA55 #9CBD55

triadic

#BDAA55 #55BDAA #AA55BD

tetradic

#BDAA55 #55BD76 #5568BD #BD559C

square

#BDAA55 #55BD76 #5568BD #BD559C

split-complementary

#BDAA55 #559CBD #7655BD

monochromatic

#6D612A #99883C #BDAA55 #CEC081 #DFD6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA55

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA55	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c387',
    500: '#bdaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa55;
$custom-light: #d3c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.40224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA55

secondary

#A1A9CD

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA55

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

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