#BDAE4D#BDAE4D

#BDAE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE4D
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -6.74, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 51.09, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0219 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4633, 41.6282, 13.0814)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE4D #4D5CBD

analogous

#BD764D #BDAE4D #94BD4D

triadic

#BDAE4D #4DBDAE #AE4DBD

tetradic

#BDAE4D #4DBD76 #4D5CBD #BD4D94

square

#BDAE4D #4DBD76 #4D5CBD #BD4D94

split-complementary

#BDAE4D #4D94BD #764DBD

monochromatic

#696027 #958937 #BDAE4D #CEC27A #DED7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE4D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE4D	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)

#BDA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c582',
    500: '#bdae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae4d;
$custom-light: #d3c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74437,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE4D

secondary

#9AA1CB

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE4D

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

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