#BDAB49#BDAB49

#BDAB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB49
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -5.44, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 51.83, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0186 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.7533, 40.4273, 12.1693)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB49 #495BBD

analogous

#BD7149 #BDAB49 #95BD49

triadic

#BDAB49 #49BDAB #AB49BD

tetradic

#BDAB49 #49BD71 #495BBD #BD4995

square

#BDAB49 #49BD71 #495BBD #BD4995

split-complementary

#BDAB49 #4995BD #7149BD

monochromatic

#665C25 #938535 #BDAB49 #CDC076 #DED4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB49

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB49	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c380',
    500: '#bdab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab49;
$custom-light: #d4c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73757,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB49

secondary

#979FCA

accent

#66D651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB49

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

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