#BDAB4D#BDAB4D

#BDAB4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB4D
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -5.16, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 50.01, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0173 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8902, 40.4820, 12.8904)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB4D #4D5FBD

analogous

#BD734D #BDAB4D #97BD4D

triadic

#BDAB4D #4DBDAB #AB4DBD

tetradic

#BDAB4D #4DBD73 #4D5FBD #BD4D97

square

#BDAB4D #4DBD73 #4D5FBD #BD4D97

split-complementary

#BDAB4D #4D97BD #734DBD

monochromatic

#695E27 #958637 #BDAB4D #CEC07A #DED5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BDAB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB4D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB4D	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c382',
    500: '#bdab4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab4d;
$custom-light: #d4c382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB4D

secondary

#9AA2CB

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB4D

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

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