#BDAA66#BDAA66

#BDAA66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA66
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -2.45, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 37.51, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0068 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.091 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7603, 40.5290, 18.4017)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA66 #6679BD

analogous

#BD7F66 #BDAA66 #A4BD66

triadic

#BDAA66 #66BDAA #AA66BD

tetradic

#BDAA66 #66BD7F #6679BD #BD66A4

square

#BDAA66 #66BD7F #6679BD #BD66A4

split-complementary

#BDAA66 #66A4BD #7F66BD

monochromatic

#766733 #A18D45 #BDAA66 #CFC291 #E2DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA66

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA66	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c393',
    500: '#bdaa66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa66;
$custom-light: #d2c393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.897,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA66

secondary

#AEB5D1

accent

#72D058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA66

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

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