#BDAB4F#BDAB4F

#BDAB4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB4F
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -5.01, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 49.09, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0167 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9619, 40.5107, 13.2680)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB4F #4F61BD

analogous

#BD744F #BDAB4F #98BD4F

triadic

#BDAB4F #4FBDAB #AB4FBD

tetradic

#BDAB4F #4FBD74 #4F61BD #BD4F98

square

#BDAB4F #4FBD74 #4F61BD #BD4F98

split-complementary

#BDAB4F #4F98BD #744FBD

monochromatic

#6A5F28 #968738 #BDAB4F #CEC07C #DED5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BDAB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB4F

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB4F	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)

#BAA746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c383',
    500: '#bdab4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab4f;
$custom-light: #d3c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB4F

secondary

#9CA4CC

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB4F

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

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