#BDAB56#BDAB56

#BDAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB56
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -4.45, 45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 45.78, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0143 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.108 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2302, 40.6181, 14.6813)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB56 #5668BD

analogous

#BD7856 #BDAB56 #9CBD56

triadic

#BDAB56 #56BDAB #AB56BD

tetradic

#BDAB56 #56BD78 #5668BD #BD569C

square

#BDAB56 #56BD78 #5668BD #BD569C

split-complementary

#BDAB56 #569CBD #7856BD

monochromatic

#6E622B #9A893C #BDAB56 #CEC182 #DFD7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB56

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB56	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c388',
    500: '#bdab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab56;
$custom-light: #d3c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB56

secondary

#A1A9CD

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB56

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

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