#BDAA5F#BDAA5F

#BDAA5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.098 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA5F
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -3.13, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 41.02, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0094 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.098 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4277, 40.3960, 16.6500)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA5F #5F72BD

analogous

#BD7B5F #BDAA5F #A1BD5F

triadic

#BDAA5F #5FBDAA #AA5FBD

tetradic

#BDAA5F #5FBD7B #5F72BD #BD5FA1

square

#BDAA5F #5FBD7B #5F72BD #BD5FA1

split-complementary

#BDAA5F #5FA1BD #7B5FBD

monochromatic

#72652F #9E8B41 #BDAA5F #CFC18A #E1D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDAA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA5F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA5F	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)

#B8A759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.098 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38e',
    500: '#bdaa5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa5f;
$custom-light: #d3c38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA5F

secondary

#A8B0CF

accent

#6FD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA5F

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

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