#BDAD71#BDAD71

#BDAD71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.081 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD71
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 113)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -2.88, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 33.04, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.007 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.081 95)
XYZ	xyz(38.9113, 41.8995, 21.6573)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD71 #7181BD

analogous

#BD8771 #BDAD71 #A7BD71

triadic

#BDAD71 #71BDAD #AD71BD

tetradic

#BDAD71 #71BD87 #7181BD #BD71A7

square

#BDAD71 #71BD87 #7181BD #BD71A7

split-complementary

#BDAD71 #71A7BD #8771BD

monochromatic

#7B6D39 #A4924C #BDAD71 #D0C59B #E4DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BDAD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD71

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD71	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.081 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c59a',
    500: '#bdad71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad71;
$custom-light: #d2c59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74732,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.41898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD71

secondary

#B6BCD4

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD71

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

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