#BDAB59#BDAB59

#BDAB59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB59
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -4.20, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 44.33, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0132 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.105 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3536, 40.6674, 15.3313)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB59 #596BBD

analogous

#BD7959 #BDAB59 #9DBD59

triadic

#BDAB59 #59BDAB #AB59BD

tetradic

#BDAB59 #59BD79 #596BBD #BD599D

square

#BDAB59 #59BD79 #596BBD #BD599D

split-complementary

#BDAB59 #599DBD #7959BD

monochromatic

#6F632C #9B8A3E #BDAB59 #CEC185 #E0D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BDAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB59

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB59	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38a',
    500: '#bdab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab59;
$custom-light: #d3c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB59

secondary

#A4ABCE

accent

#6CD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB59

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

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