#BDAE57#BDAE57

#BDAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE57
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -5.95, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 46.41, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0185 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8439, 41.7805, 15.0860)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE57 #5766BD

analogous

#BD7B57 #BDAE57 #99BD57

triadic

#BDAE57 #57BDAE #AE57BD

tetradic

#BDAE57 #57BD7B #5766BD #BD5799

square

#BDAE57 #57BD7B #5766BD #BD5799

split-complementary

#BDAE57 #5799BD #7B57BD

monochromatic

#6E642B #9A8C3D #BDAE57 #CEC383 #E0D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BDAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE57

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE57	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c589',
    500: '#bdae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae57;
$custom-light: #d3c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE57

secondary

#A2A9CE

accent

#67D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE57

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

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