#BDAA64#BDAA64

#BDAA64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.093 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA64
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 100)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 47.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -2.65, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 38.52, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0075 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.093 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6624, 40.4898, 17.8856)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA64 #6477BD

analogous

#BD7E64 #BDAA64 #A4BD64

triadic

#BDAA64 #64BDAA #AA64BD

tetradic

#BDAA64 #64BD7E #6477BD #BD64A4

square

#BDAA64 #64BD7E #6477BD #BD64A4

split-complementary

#BDAA64 #64A4BD #7E64BD

monochromatic

#756732 #A08C44 #BDAA64 #CFC28F #E2D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BDAA64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA64

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA64	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.093 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c391',
    500: '#bdaa64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa64;
$custom-light: #d3c391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.191,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73893,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA64

secondary

#ACB4D1

accent

#71D058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA64

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

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