#BDAB70#BDAB70

#BDAB70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.080 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB70
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -1.93, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 32.79, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0043 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.08 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4747, 41.1158, 21.2356)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB70 #7082BD

analogous

#BD8570 #BDAB70 #A9BD70

triadic

#BDAB70 #70BDAB #AB70BD

tetradic

#BDAB70 #70BD85 #7082BD #BD70A9

square

#BDAB70 #70BD85 #7082BD #BD70A9

split-complementary

#BDAB70 #70A9BD #8570BD

monochromatic

#7A6B38 #A48F4C #BDAB70 #D0C49A #E4DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAB70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDAB70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB70

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB70	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.080 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39a',
    500: '#bdab70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab70;
$custom-light: #d2c39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74297,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB70

secondary

#B5BCD4

accent

#76CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB70

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

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