#BDAD69#BDAD69

#BDAD69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.090 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD69
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -3.74, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 37.12, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0102 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.09 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4806, 41.7272, 19.3890)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD69 #6979BD

analogous

#BD8369 #BDAD69 #A3BD69

triadic

#BDAD69 #69BDAD #AD69BD

tetradic

#BDAD69 #69BD83 #6979BD #BD69A3

square

#BDAD69 #69BD83 #6979BD #BD69A3

split-complementary

#BDAD69 #69A3BD #8369BD

monochromatic

#776A34 #A29047 #BDAD69 #D0C493 #E2DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD69

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD69	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.090 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c595',
    500: '#bdad69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad69;
$custom-light: #d2c595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD69

secondary

#B0B6D2

accent

#6FCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD69

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

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