#BDAB53#BDAB53

#BDAB53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB53
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -4.70, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 47.21, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0153 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.111 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1119, 40.5707, 14.0580)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB53 #5365BD

analogous

#BD7653 #BDAB53 #9ABD53

triadic

#BDAB53 #53BDAB #AB53BD

tetradic

#BDAB53 #53BD76 #5365BD #BD539A

square

#BDAB53 #53BD76 #5365BD #BD539A

split-complementary

#BDAB53 #539ABD #7653BD

monochromatic

#6C6129 #98883A #BDAB53 #CEC17F #DFD6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDAB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB53

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB53	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c386',
    500: '#bdab53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab53;
$custom-light: #d3c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB53

secondary

#9FA7CD

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB53

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

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