#BDAB75#BDAB75

#BDAB75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.075 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB75
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 117)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -1.36, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 30.22, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0023 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.075 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7608, 41.2303, 22.7427)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB75 #7587BD

analogous

#BD8775 #BDAB75 #ABBD75

triadic

#BDAB75 #75BDAB #AB75BD

tetradic

#BDAB75 #75BD87 #7587BD #BD75AB

square

#BDAB75 #75BD87 #7587BD #BD75AB

split-complementary

#BDAB75 #75ABBD #8775BD

monochromatic

#7C6C3B #A6904F #BDAB75 #D1C49E #E5DDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAB75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BDAB75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB75

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB75	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.075 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39d',
    500: '#bdab75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab75;
$custom-light: #d2c39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.07466,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB75

secondary

#B9C0D5

accent

#78CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB75

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

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