#BDAA70#BDAA70

#BDAA70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.080 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA70
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -1.39, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 32.42, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0028 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.08 92)
XYZ	xyz(38.2865, 40.7395, 21.1728)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA70 #7083BD

analogous

#BD8470 #BDAA70 #AABD70

triadic

#BDAA70 #70BDAA #AA70BD

tetradic

#BDAA70 #70BD84 #7083BD #BD70AA

square

#BDAA70 #70BD84 #7083BD #BD70AA

split-complementary

#BDAA70 #70AABD #8470BD

monochromatic

#7A6A38 #A48E4C #BDAA70 #D0C39A #E4DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDAA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA70

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA70	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.080 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39a',
    500: '#bdaa70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa70;
$custom-light: #d2c39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74089,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.40738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA70

secondary

#B5BDD4

accent

#77CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA70

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

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