#BDAA6E#BDAA6E

#BDAA6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.082 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA6E
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -1.61, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 33.45, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0036 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.082 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1764, 40.6955, 20.5929)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA6E #6E81BD

analogous

#BD826E #BDAA6E #A8BD6E

triadic

#BDAA6E #6EBDAA #AA6EBD

tetradic

#BDAA6E #6EBD82 #6E81BD #BD6EA8

square

#BDAA6E #6EBD82 #6E81BD #BD6EA8

split-complementary

#BDAA6E #6EA8BD #826EBD

monochromatic

#796937 #A38E4A #BDAA6E #D0C398 #E3DBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAA6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BDAA6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA6E

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA6E	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.082 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c398',
    500: '#bdaa6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa6e;
$custom-light: #d2c398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74054,
    "c": 0.08182,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA6E

secondary

#B4BBD3

accent

#76CD5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA6E

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

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