#BDAE4C#BDAE4C

#BDAE4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE4C
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -6.81, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 51.55, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0222 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4282, 41.6142, 12.8969)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE4C #4C5BBD

analogous

#BD764C #BDAE4C #94BD4C

triadic

#BDAE4C #4CBDAE #AE4CBD

tetradic

#BDAE4C #4CBD76 #4C5BBD #BD4C94

square

#BDAE4C #4CBD76 #4C5BBD #BD4C94

split-complementary

#BDAE4C #4C94BD #764CBD

monochromatic

#685F26 #958837 #BDAE4C #CDC279 #DED6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BDAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE4C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE4C	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c582',
    500: '#bdae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae4c;
$custom-light: #d4c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74426,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE4C

secondary

#9AA0CB

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE4C

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

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