#BDAD64#BDAD64

#BDAD64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.095 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD64
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 100)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 47.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -4.25, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 39.64, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0121 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.095 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2312, 41.6275, 18.0752)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD64 #6474BD

analogous

#BD8164 #BDAD64 #A1BD64

triadic

#BDAD64 #64BDAD #AD64BD

tetradic

#BDAD64 #64BD81 #6474BD #BD64A1

square

#BDAD64 #64BD81 #6474BD #BD64A1

split-complementary

#BDAD64 #64A1BD #8164BD

monochromatic

#756932 #A08F44 #BDAD64 #CFC48F #E2DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAD64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDAD64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD64

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD64	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.095 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c591',
    500: '#bdad64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad64;
$custom-light: #d2c591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.213,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74522,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD64

secondary

#ACB3D1

accent

#6DD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD64

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

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