#BDAB72#BDAB72

#BDAB72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.078 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB72
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -1.70, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 31.77, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0035 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.078 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5873, 41.1609, 21.8286)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB72 #7284BD

analogous

#BD8672 #BDAB72 #AABD72

triadic

#BDAB72 #72BDAB #AB72BD

tetradic

#BDAB72 #72BD86 #7284BD #BD72AA

square

#BDAB72 #72BD86 #7284BD #BD72AA

split-complementary

#BDAB72 #72AABD #8672BD

monochromatic

#7B6B3A #A5904D #BDAB72 #D1C49C #E4DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BDAB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB72

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB72	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.078 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39b',
    500: '#bdab72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab72;
$custom-light: #d2c39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74332,
    "c": 0.07812,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB72

secondary

#B7BED4

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB72

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

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