#BDAA68#BDAA68

#BDAA68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.088 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA68
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 104)
HSL	hsl(47, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -2.25, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 36.50, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.006 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.088 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8607, 40.5692, 18.9303)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA68 #687BBD

analogous

#BD7F68 #BDAA68 #A6BD68

triadic

#BDAA68 #68BDAA #AA68BD

tetradic

#BDAA68 #68BD7F #687BBD #BD68A6

square

#BDAA68 #68BD7F #687BBD #BD68A6

split-complementary

#BDAA68 #68A6BD #7F68BD

monochromatic

#776834 #A18D47 #BDAA68 #D0C293 #E2DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAA68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAA68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA68

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA68	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B7A763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.088 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c394',
    500: '#bdaa68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa68;
$custom-light: #d2c394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.588,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA68

secondary

#AFB7D2

accent

#73CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA68

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

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