#BDAB65#BDAB65

#BDAB65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.093 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB65
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -3.09, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 38.38, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0087 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.093 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8992, 40.8857, 18.2048)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB65 #6577BD

analogous

#BD7F65 #BDAB65 #A3BD65

triadic

#BDAB65 #65BDAB #AB65BD

tetradic

#BDAB65 #65BD7F #6577BD #BD65A3

square

#BDAB65 #65BD7F #6577BD #BD65A3

split-complementary

#BDAB65 #65A3BD #7F65BD

monochromatic

#756832 #A08D45 #BDAB65 #CFC290 #E2DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BDAB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB65

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB65	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.093 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c392',
    500: '#bdab65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab65;
$custom-light: #d2c392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB65

secondary

#ADB4D1

accent

#70D058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB65

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

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