#BDAD68#BDAD68

#BDAD68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.091 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD68
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -3.85, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 37.63, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0106 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.091 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4295, 41.7068, 19.1199)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD68 #6878BD

analogous

#BD8368 #BDAD68 #A3BD68

triadic

#BDAD68 #68BDAD #AD68BD

tetradic

#BDAD68 #68BD83 #6878BD #BD68A3

square

#BDAD68 #68BD83 #6878BD #BD68A3

split-complementary

#BDAD68 #68A3BD #8368BD

monochromatic

#776A34 #A19047 #BDAD68 #D0C493 #E2DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDAD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD68

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD68	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.091 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c594',
    500: '#bdad68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad68;
$custom-light: #d2c594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD68

secondary

#AFB6D2

accent

#6FCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD68

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

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