#BDAE55#BDAE55

#BDAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE55
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -6.12, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 47.36, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0192 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7633, 41.7483, 14.6616)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE55 #5564BD

analogous

#BD7A55 #BDAE55 #98BD55

triadic

#BDAE55 #55BDAE #AE55BD

tetradic

#BDAE55 #55BD7A #5564BD #BD5598

square

#BDAE55 #55BD7A #5564BD #BD5598

split-complementary

#BDAE55 #5598BD #7A55BD

monochromatic

#6D642A #998C3C #BDAE55 #CEC381 #DFD8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE55

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE55	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c587',
    500: '#bdae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae55;
$custom-light: #d3c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74529,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE55

secondary

#A1A7CD

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE55

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

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