#BDAB73#BDAB73

#BDAB73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.077 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB73
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -1.59, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 31.25, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0031 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.077 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6445, 41.1838, 22.1300)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB73 #7385BD

analogous

#BD8673 #BDAB73 #AABD73

triadic

#BDAB73 #73BDAB #AB73BD

tetradic

#BDAB73 #73BD86 #7385BD #BD73AA

square

#BDAB73 #73BD86 #7385BD #BD73AA

split-complementary

#BDAB73 #73AABD #8673BD

monochromatic

#7B6C3A #A5904E #BDAB73 #D1C49D #E4DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAB73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAB73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB73

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB73	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.077 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39c',
    500: '#bdab73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab73;
$custom-light: #d2c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7435,
    "c": 0.07696,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB73

secondary

#B8BFD4

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB73

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

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