#BDAA5B#BDAA5B

#BDAA5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.102 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA5B
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -3.49, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 42.99, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0109 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.102 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2506, 40.3251, 15.7169)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA5B #5B6EBD

analogous

#BD795B #BDAA5B #9FBD5B

triadic

#BDAA5B #5BBDAA #AA5BBD

tetradic

#BDAA5B #5BBD79 #5B6EBD #BD5B9F

square

#BDAA5B #5BBD79 #5B6EBD #BD5B9F

split-complementary

#BDAA5B #5B9FBD #795BBD

monochromatic

#70632D #9C8A3F #BDAA5B #CFC187 #E0D7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BDAA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA5B

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA5B	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)

#B8A754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.102 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38b',
    500: '#bdaa5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa5b;
$custom-light: #d3c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73763,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA5B

secondary

#A5ADCF

accent

#6ED255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA5B

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

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