#BDAA63#BDAA63

#BDAA63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.094 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA63
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -2.75, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 39.02, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0079 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.094 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6143, 40.4706, 17.6322)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA63 #6376BD

analogous

#BD7D63 #BDAA63 #A3BD63

triadic

#BDAA63 #63BDAA #AA63BD

tetradic

#BDAA63 #63BD7D #6376BD #BD63A3

square

#BDAA63 #63BD7D #6376BD #BD63A3

split-complementary

#BDAA63 #63A3BD #7D63BD

monochromatic

#746631 #9F8C43 #BDAA63 #CFC18E #E1D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAA63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA63

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA63	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)

#B7A75D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.094 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c391',
    500: '#bdaa63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa63;
$custom-light: #d3c391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA63

secondary

#ABB3D0

accent

#71D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA63

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

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