#BDAE4F#BDAE4F

#BDAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE4F
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -6.59, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 50.17, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0212 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5350, 41.6569, 13.4591)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE4F #4F5EBD

analogous

#BD774F #BDAE4F #95BD4F

triadic

#BDAE4F #4FBDAE #AE4FBD

tetradic

#BDAE4F #4FBD77 #4F5EBD #BD4F95

square

#BDAE4F #4FBD77 #4F5EBD #BD4F95

split-complementary

#BDAE4F #4F95BD #774FBD

monochromatic

#6A6128 #968A38 #BDAE4F #CEC27C #DED7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE4F

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE4F	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)

#BDA945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c584',
    500: '#bdae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae4f;
$custom-light: #d3c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE4F

secondary

#9CA3CC

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE4F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →