#BDAE50#BDAE50

#BDAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE50
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -6.51, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 49.71, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0209 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5716, 41.6716, 13.6522)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE50 #505FBD

analogous

#BD7750 #BDAE50 #95BD50

triadic

#BDAE50 #50BDAE #AE50BD

tetradic

#BDAE50 #50BD77 #505FBD #BD5095

square

#BDAE50 #50BD77 #505FBD #BD5095

split-complementary

#BDAE50 #5095BD #7750BD

monochromatic

#6A6128 #978A39 #BDAE50 #CEC37C #DFD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE50

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE50	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)

#BDA946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c584',
    500: '#bdae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae50;
$custom-light: #d3c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE50

secondary

#9DA3CC

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE50

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

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