#BDAB74#BDAB74

#BDAB74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.076 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB74
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -1.47, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 30.74, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0027 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.076 92)
XYZ	xyz(38.7024, 41.2069, 22.4347)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB74 #7486BD

analogous

#BD8674 #BDAB74 #ABBD74

triadic

#BDAB74 #74BDAB #AB74BD

tetradic

#BDAB74 #74BD86 #7486BD #BD74AB

square

#BDAB74 #74BD86 #7486BD #BD74AB

split-complementary

#BDAB74 #74ABBD #8674BD

monochromatic

#7C6C3B #A5904E #BDAB74 #D1C49D #E4DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB74

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB74	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)

#B6A970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.076 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39c',
    500: '#bdab74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab74;
$custom-light: #d2c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.07581,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB74

secondary

#B8BFD5

accent

#78CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB74

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

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