#BDAD4F#BDAD4F

#BDAD4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD4F
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -6.06, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 49.81, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0197 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.116 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3425, 41.2720, 13.3949)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD4F #4F5FBD

analogous

#BD764F #BDAD4F #96BD4F

triadic

#BDAD4F #4FBDAD #AD4FBD

tetradic

#BDAD4F #4FBD76 #4F5FBD #BD4F96

square

#BDAD4F #4FBD76 #4F5FBD #BD4F96

split-complementary

#BDAD4F #4F96BD #764FBD

monochromatic

#6A6028 #968938 #BDAD4F #CEC27C #DED6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BDAD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD4F

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD4F	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)

#BCA945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c583',
    500: '#bdad4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad4f;
$custom-light: #d3c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74247,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD4F

secondary

#9CA3CC

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD4F

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

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