#BDAD63#BDAD63

#BDAD63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD63
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -4.34, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 40.14, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0125 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.097 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1831, 41.6082, 17.8218)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD63 #6373BD

analogous

#BD8063 #BDAD63 #A0BD63

triadic

#BDAD63 #63BDAD #AD63BD

tetradic

#BDAD63 #63BD80 #6373BD #BD63A0

square

#BDAD63 #63BD80 #6373BD #BD63A0

split-complementary

#BDAD63 #63A0BD #8063BD

monochromatic

#746831 #9F8F43 #BDAD63 #CFC48E #E1DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BDAD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD63

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD63	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c591',
    500: '#bdad63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad63;
$custom-light: #d3c591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74507,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD63

secondary

#ABB2D0

accent

#6DD057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD63

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →