#BDAA69#BDAA69

#BDAA69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.087 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA69
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -2.15, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 35.99, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0056 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.087 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9118, 40.5896, 19.1994)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA69 #697CBD

analogous

#BD8069 #BDAA69 #A6BD69

triadic

#BDAA69 #69BDAA #AA69BD

tetradic

#BDAA69 #69BD80 #697CBD #BD69A6

square

#BDAA69 #69BD80 #697CBD #BD69A6

split-complementary

#BDAA69 #69A6BD #8069BD

monochromatic

#776834 #A28D47 #BDAA69 #D0C293 #E2DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA69

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA69	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.087 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c395',
    500: '#bdaa69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa69;
$custom-light: #d2c395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.429,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73971,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA69

secondary

#B0B8D2

accent

#74CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA69

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

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