#BDAD5E#BDAD5E

#BDAD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.102 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD5E
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -4.81, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 42.63, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0144 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.102 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9514, 41.5155, 16.6017)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD5E #5E6EBD

analogous

#BD7D5E #BDAD5E #9DBD5E

triadic

#BDAD5E #5EBDAD #AD5EBD

tetradic

#BDAD5E #5EBD7D #5E6EBD #BD5E9D

square

#BDAD5E #5EBD7D #5E6EBD #BD5E9D

split-complementary

#BDAD5E #5E9DBD #7D5EBD

monochromatic

#72672F #9D8E40 #BDAD5E #CFC389 #E1D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD5E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD5E	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)

#BBA957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.102 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c58d',
    500: '#bdad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad5e;
$custom-light: #d3c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74436,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD5E

secondary

#A8AECF

accent

#6BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD5E

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

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