#BDAD5D#BDAD5D

#BDAD5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD5D
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -4.90, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 43.12, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0148 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.103 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9068, 41.4977, 16.3669)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD5D #5D6DBD

analogous

#BD7D5D #BDAD5D #9DBD5D

triadic

#BDAD5D #5DBDAD #AD5DBD

tetradic

#BDAD5D #5DBD7D #5D6DBD #BD5D9D

square

#BDAD5D #5DBD7D #5D6DBD #BD5D9D

split-complementary

#BDAD5D #5D9DBD #7D5DBD

monochromatic

#71662E #9D8D40 #BDAD5D #CFC388 #E0D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDAD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD5D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD5D	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c58d',
    500: '#bdad5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad5d;
$custom-light: #d3c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD5D

secondary

#A7AECF

accent

#6BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD5D

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

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