#BDAA58#BDAA58

#BDAA58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA58
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -3.75, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 44.45, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.012 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.105 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1237, 40.2744, 15.0489)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA58 #586BBD

analogous

#BD7858 #BDAA58 #9EBD58

triadic

#BDAA58 #58BDAA #AA58BD

tetradic

#BDAA58 #58BD78 #586BBD #BD589E

square

#BDAA58 #58BD78 #586BBD #BD589E

split-complementary

#BDAA58 #589EBD #7858BD

monochromatic

#6F622C #9B893D #BDAA58 #CEC084 #E0D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDAA58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA58

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA58	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)

#B8A751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c389',
    500: '#bdaa58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa58;
$custom-light: #d3c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.713,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA58

secondary

#A3ABCE

accent

#6CD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA58

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

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