#BDAD65#BDAD65

#BDAD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.094 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD65
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -4.15, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 39.14, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0118 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.094 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2799, 41.6469, 18.3316)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD65 #6575BD

analogous

#BD8165 #BDAD65 #A1BD65

triadic

#BDAD65 #65BDAD #AD65BD

tetradic

#BDAD65 #65BD81 #6575BD #BD65A1

square

#BDAD65 #65BD81 #6575BD #BD65A1

split-complementary

#BDAD65 #65A1BD #8165BD

monochromatic

#756932 #A09045 #BDAD65 #CFC490 #E2DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDAD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD65

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD65	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)

#BAAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.094 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c592',
    500: '#bdad65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad65;
$custom-light: #d2c592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74537,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD65

secondary

#ADB3D1

accent

#6ED058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD65

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

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