#BDAB63#BDAB63

#BDAB63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.095 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB63
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -3.28, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 39.39, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0095 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.095 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8024, 40.8469, 17.6950)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB63 #6375BD

analogous

#BD7E63 #BDAB63 #A2BD63

triadic

#BDAB63 #63BDAB #AB63BD

tetradic

#BDAB63 #63BD7E #6375BD #BD63A2

square

#BDAB63 #63BD7E #6375BD #BD63A2

split-complementary

#BDAB63 #63A2BD #7E63BD

monochromatic

#746731 #9F8D43 #BDAB63 #CFC28E #E1D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAB63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAB63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB63

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB63	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.095 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c391',
    500: '#bdab63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab63;
$custom-light: #d3c391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB63

secondary

#ABB3D0

accent

#70D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB63

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

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