#BDAA56#BDAA56

#BDAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA56
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -3.92, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 45.42, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0127 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.107 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0420, 40.2417, 14.6186)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA56 #5669BD

analogous

#BD7756 #BDAA56 #9DBD56

triadic

#BDAA56 #56BDAA #AA56BD

tetradic

#BDAA56 #56BD77 #5669BD #BD569D

square

#BDAA56 #56BD77 #5669BD #BD569D

split-complementary

#BDAA56 #569DBD #7756BD

monochromatic

#6E612B #9A883C #BDAA56 #CEC082 #DFD6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA56

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA56	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c388',
    500: '#bdaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa56;
$custom-light: #d3c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA56

secondary

#A1AACD

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA56

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

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