#BDAA71#BDAA71

#BDAA71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.078 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA71
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 113)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -1.28, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 31.91, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0024 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.078 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3425, 40.7619, 21.4677)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA71 #7184BD

analogous

#BD8471 #BDAA71 #AABD71

triadic

#BDAA71 #71BDAA #AA71BD

tetradic

#BDAA71 #71BD84 #7184BD #BD71AA

square

#BDAA71 #71BD84 #7184BD #BD71AA

split-complementary

#BDAA71 #71AABD #8471BD

monochromatic

#7B6A39 #A48E4C #BDAA71 #D0C39B #E4DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAA71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDAA71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA71

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA71	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B6A86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.078 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39a',
    500: '#bdaa71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa71;
$custom-light: #d2c39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA71

secondary

#B6BDD4

accent

#78CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA71

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

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