#BDAA5D#BDAA5D

#BDAA5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA5D
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -3.31, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 42.00, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0102 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.1 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3380, 40.3601, 16.1773)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA5D #5D70BD

analogous

#BD7A5D #BDAA5D #A0BD5D

triadic

#BDAA5D #5DBDAA #AA5DBD

tetradic

#BDAA5D #5DBD7A #5D70BD #BD5DA0

square

#BDAA5D #5DBD7A #5D70BD #BD5DA0

split-complementary

#BDAA5D #5DA0BD #7A5DBD

monochromatic

#71642E #9D8A40 #BDAA5D #CFC188 #E0D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDAA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA5D

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA5D	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38d',
    500: '#bdaa5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa5d;
$custom-light: #d3c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7379,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA5D

secondary

#A7AFCF

accent

#6ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA5D

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

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