#BDAE58#BDAE58

#BDAE58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE58
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -5.87, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 45.93, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0181 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8850, 41.7969, 15.3026)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE58 #5867BD

analogous

#BD7C58 #BDAE58 #9ABD58

triadic

#BDAE58 #58BDAE #AE58BD

tetradic

#BDAE58 #58BD7C #5867BD #BD589A

square

#BDAE58 #58BD7C #5867BD #BD589A

split-complementary

#BDAE58 #589ABD #7C58BD

monochromatic

#6F652C #9B8D3D #BDAE58 #CEC384 #E0D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BDAE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE58

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE58	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)

#BCAA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c589',
    500: '#bdae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae58;
$custom-light: #d3c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74567,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE58

secondary

#A3A9CE

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE58

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

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