#BDAA65#BDAA65

#BDAA65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA65
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -2.55, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 38.02, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0071 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.092 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7111, 40.5093, 18.1420)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA65 #6578BD

analogous

#BD7E65 #BDAA65 #A4BD65

triadic

#BDAA65 #65BDAA #AA65BD

tetradic

#BDAA65 #65BD7E #6578BD #BD65A4

square

#BDAA65 #65BD7E #6578BD #BD65A4

split-complementary

#BDAA65 #65A4BD #7E65BD

monochromatic

#756732 #A08C45 #BDAA65 #CFC290 #E2D9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BDAA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA65

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA65	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)

#B7A75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c392',
    500: '#bdaa65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa65;
$custom-light: #d2c392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.045,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.09175,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA65

secondary

#ADB5D1

accent

#72D058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA65

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

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