#BDAE4E#BDAE4E

#BDAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE4E
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -6.66, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 50.64, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0215 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4988, 41.6425, 13.2688)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE4E #4E5DBD

analogous

#BD774E #BDAE4E #94BD4E

triadic

#BDAE4E #4EBDAE #AE4EBD

tetradic

#BDAE4E #4EBD77 #4E5DBD #BD4E94

square

#BDAE4E #4EBD77 #4E5DBD #BD4E94

split-complementary

#BDAE4E #4E94BD #774EBD

monochromatic

#696027 #968938 #BDAE4E #CEC27B #DED7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE4E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE4E	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)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c583',
    500: '#bdae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae4e;
$custom-light: #d3c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE4E

secondary

#9BA2CC

accent

#64D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE4E

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

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