#BDAE53#BDAE53

#BDAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE53
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -6.28, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 48.31, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0199 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6850, 41.7169, 14.2491)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE53 #5362BD

analogous

#BD7953 #BDAE53 #97BD53

triadic

#BDAE53 #53BDAE #AE53BD

tetradic

#BDAE53 #53BD79 #5362BD #BD5397

square

#BDAE53 #53BD79 #5362BD #BD5397

split-complementary

#BDAE53 #5397BD #7953BD

monochromatic

#6C6329 #988B3A #BDAE53 #CEC37F #DFD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE53

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE53	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c586',
    500: '#bdae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae53;
$custom-light: #d3c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74505,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE53

secondary

#9FA6CD

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE53

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

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