#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
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -6.21, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 50.73, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0204 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2708, 41.2433, 13.0173)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BDAD4D	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)

#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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