#BDAA5A#BDAA5A

#BDAA5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA5A
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -3.58, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 43.48, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0113 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.103 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2077, 40.3080, 15.4912)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA5A #5A6DBD

analogous

#BD795A #BDAA5A #9EBD5A

triadic

#BDAA5A #5ABDAA #AA5ABD

tetradic

#BDAA5A #5ABD79 #5A6DBD #BD5A9E

square

#BDAA5A #5ABD79 #5A6DBD #BD5A9E

split-complementary

#BDAA5A #5A9EBD #795ABD

monochromatic

#70632D #9C8A3E #BDAA5A #CEC186 #E0D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BDAA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA5A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA5A	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38b',
    500: '#bdaa5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa5a;
$custom-light: #d3c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA5A

secondary

#A5ADCE

accent

#6DD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA5A

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

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