#BDAA5E#BDAA5E

#BDAA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA5E
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -3.22, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 41.51, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0098 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.099 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3826, 40.3779, 16.4121)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA5E #5E71BD

analogous

#BD7A5E #BDAA5E #A0BD5E

triadic

#BDAA5E #5EBDAA #AA5EBD

tetradic

#BDAA5E #5EBD7A #5E71BD #BD5EA0

square

#BDAA5E #5EBD7A #5E71BD #BD5EA0

split-complementary

#BDAA5E #5EA0BD #7A5EBD

monochromatic

#72642F #9D8B40 #BDAA5E #CFC189 #E1D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDAA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA5E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA5E	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38d',
    500: '#bdaa5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa5e;
$custom-light: #d3c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA5E

secondary

#A8B0CF

accent

#6FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA5E

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

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