#BDAD4C#BDAD4C

#BDAD4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD4C
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -6.28, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 51.18, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0207 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.2358, 41.2293, 12.8327)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD4C #4C5CBD

analogous

#BD744C #BDAD4C #95BD4C

triadic

#BDAD4C #4CBDAD #AD4CBD

tetradic

#BDAD4C #4CBD74 #4C5CBD #BD4C95

square

#BDAD4C #4CBD74 #4C5CBD #BD4C95

split-complementary

#BDAD4C #4C95BD #744CBD

monochromatic

#685F26 #958837 #BDAD4C #CDC179 #DED6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BDAD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD4C

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD4C	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)

#BCA842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c582',
    500: '#bdad4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad4c;
$custom-light: #d4c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD4C

secondary

#9AA1CB

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD4C

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

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