#BDAE56#BDAE56

#BDAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE56
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -6.04, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 46.89, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0188 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8033, 41.7643, 14.8723)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE56 #5665BD

analogous

#BD7B56 #BDAE56 #99BD56

triadic

#BDAE56 #56BDAE #AE56BD

tetradic

#BDAE56 #56BD7B #5665BD #BD5699

square

#BDAE56 #56BD7B #5665BD #BD5699

split-complementary

#BDAE56 #5699BD #7B56BD

monochromatic

#6E642B #9A8C3C #BDAE56 #CEC382 #DFD8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE56

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE56	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)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c588',
    500: '#bdae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae56;
$custom-light: #d3c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74542,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE56

secondary

#A1A8CD

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE56

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

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