#BDAB4B#BDAB4B

#BDAB4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB4B
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -5.30, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 50.93, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.018 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8206, 40.4542, 12.5242)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB4B #4B5DBD

analogous

#BD724B #BDAB4B #96BD4B

triadic

#BDAB4B #4BBDAB #AB4BBD

tetradic

#BDAB4B #4BBD72 #4B5DBD #BD4B96

square

#BDAB4B #4BBD72 #4B5DBD #BD4B96

split-complementary

#BDAB4B #4B96BD #724BBD

monochromatic

#685D26 #948636 #BDAB4B #CDC078 #DED5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BDAB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB4B

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB4B	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)

#BAA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c381',
    500: '#bdab4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab4b;
$custom-light: #d4c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB4B

secondary

#99A1CB

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB4B

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

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