#BDAB4E#BDAB4E

#BDAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB4E
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -5.08, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 49.55, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.017 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.115 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9257, 40.4963, 13.0778)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB4E #4E60BD

analogous

#BD734E #BDAB4E #98BD4E

triadic

#BDAB4E #4EBDAB #AB4EBD

tetradic

#BDAB4E #4EBD73 #4E60BD #BD4E98

square

#BDAB4E #4EBD73 #4E60BD #BD4E98

split-complementary

#BDAB4E #4E98BD #734EBD

monochromatic

#695F27 #968738 #BDAB4E #CEC07B #DED5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BDAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB4E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB4E	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)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c383',
    500: '#bdab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab4e;
$custom-light: #d3c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB4E

secondary

#9BA3CC

accent

#68D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB4E

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

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