#BDAB61#BDAB61

#BDAB61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB61
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -3.47, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 40.39, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0102 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.097 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7080, 40.8092, 17.1976)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB61 #6173BD

analogous

#BD7D61 #BDAB61 #A1BD61

triadic

#BDAB61 #61BDAB #AB61BD

tetradic

#BDAB61 #61BD7D #6173BD #BD61A1

square

#BDAB61 #61BD7D #6173BD #BD61A1

split-complementary

#BDAB61 #61A1BD #7D61BD

monochromatic

#736630 #9F8C42 #BDAB61 #CFC28C #E1D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB61

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB61	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)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38f',
    500: '#bdab61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab61;
$custom-light: #d3c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74057,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB61

secondary

#AAB1D0

accent

#6FD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB61

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

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