#BDAB4A#BDAB4A

#BDAB4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB4A
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -5.37, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 51.38, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0183 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.119 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7867, 40.4406, 12.3454)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB4A #4A5CBD

analogous

#BD724A #BDAB4A #96BD4A

triadic

#BDAB4A #4ABDAB #AB4ABD

tetradic

#BDAB4A #4ABD72 #4A5CBD #BD4A96

square

#BDAB4A #4ABD72 #4A5CBD #BD4A96

split-complementary

#BDAB4A #4A96BD #724ABD

monochromatic

#675D26 #948536 #BDAB4A #CDC077 #DED5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB4A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB4A	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)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c380',
    500: '#bdab4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab4a;
$custom-light: #d4c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73768,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB4A

secondary

#98A0CB

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB4A

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

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