#BDAA61#BDAA61

#BDAA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA61
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -2.94, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 40.02, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0087 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.096 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5198, 40.4328, 17.1349)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA61 #6174BD

analogous

#BD7C61 #BDAA61 #A2BD61

triadic

#BDAA61 #61BDAA #AA61BD

tetradic

#BDAA61 #61BD7C #6174BD #BD61A2

square

#BDAA61 #61BD7C #6174BD #BD61A2

split-complementary

#BDAA61 #61A2BD #7C61BD

monochromatic

#736630 #9F8B42 #BDAA61 #CFC18C #E1D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA61

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA61	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38f',
    500: '#bdaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa61;
$custom-light: #d3c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.609,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73848,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA61

secondary

#AAB2D0

accent

#70D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA61

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

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