#BDAA60#BDAA60

#BDAA60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.097 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA60
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -3.04, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 40.52, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0091 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.097 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4735, 40.4143, 16.8909)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA60 #6073BD

analogous

#BD7B60 #BDAA60 #A1BD60

triadic

#BDAA60 #60BDAA #AA60BD

tetradic

#BDAA60 #60BD7B #6073BD #BD60A1

square

#BDAA60 #60BD7B #6073BD #BD60A1

split-complementary

#BDAA60 #60A1BD #7B60BD

monochromatic

#736530 #9E8B42 #BDAA60 #CFC18B #E1D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDAA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA60

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA60	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)

#B8A75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.097 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38f',
    500: '#bdaa60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa60;
$custom-light: #d3c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73833,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA60

secondary

#A9B1D0

accent

#70D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA60

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

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