#BDAD4D#BDAD4D

#BDAD4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BDAD4D
RGBrgb(189, 173, 77)
HSLhsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSVhsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.35, -6.21, 50.35)
CIE-LCHlch(70.35, 50.73, 97.03°)
OKLaboklab(74.22% -0.0204 0.1163)
OKLCHoklch(74.22% 0.118 99.9)
XYZxyz(37.2708, 41.2433, 13.0173)
Luminance0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BDAD4D #4D5DBD
analogous
#BD754D #BDAD4D #95BD4D
triadic
#BDAD4D #4DBDAD #AD4DBD
tetradic
#BDAD4D #4DBD75 #4D5DBD #BD4D95
square
#BDAD4D #4DBD75 #4D5DBD #BD4D95
split-complementary
#BDAD4D #4D95BD #754DBD
monochromatic
#695F27 #958837 #BDAD4D #CEC27A #DED6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#BDAD4D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#BDAD4D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD4D
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BDAD4D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BDAD4D1.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA943
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AF52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAA298
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bdad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 99.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c582',
    500: '#bdad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bdad4d;
$custom-light: #d3c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bdad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74224,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BDAD4D
secondary
#9AA1CB
accent
#65D652
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF8EF
border
#D3D1CA
text
#14120B
muted
#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD4D

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

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#BDAD4D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva