#BDAB60#BDAB60

#BDAB60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB60
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -3.57, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 40.89, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0106 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.098 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6617, 40.7906, 16.9536)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB60 #6072BD

analogous

#BD7C60 #BDAB60 #A0BD60

triadic

#BDAB60 #60BDAB #AB60BD

tetradic

#BDAB60 #60BD7C #6072BD #BD60A0

square

#BDAB60 #60BD7C #6072BD #BD60A0

split-complementary

#BDAB60 #60A0BD #7C60BD

monochromatic

#736630 #9E8C42 #BDAB60 #CFC28B #E1D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAB60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAB60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB60

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB60	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38f',
    500: '#bdab60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab60;
$custom-light: #d3c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74043,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB60

secondary

#A9B1D0

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB60

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

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