#BDAB64#BDAB64

#BDAB64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.094 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB64
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 100)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 47.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -3.18, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 38.89, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0091 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.094 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8505, 40.8662, 17.9483)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB64 #6476BD

analogous

#BD7F64 #BDAB64 #A3BD64

triadic

#BDAB64 #64BDAB #AB64BD

tetradic

#BDAB64 #64BD7F #6476BD #BD64A3

square

#BDAB64 #64BD7F #6476BD #BD64A3

split-complementary

#BDAB64 #64A3BD #7F64BD

monochromatic

#756732 #A08D44 #BDAB64 #CFC28F #E2DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAB64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAB64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB64

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB64	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)

#B8A85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.094 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c391',
    500: '#bdab64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab64;
$custom-light: #d2c391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.865,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB64

secondary

#ACB4D1

accent

#70D058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB64

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

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