#BDAE59#BDAE59

#BDAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.108 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE59
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -5.78, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 45.45, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0178 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.108 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9267, 41.8136, 15.5223)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE59 #5968BD

analogous

#BD7C59 #BDAE59 #9ABD59

triadic

#BDAE59 #59BDAE #AE59BD

tetradic

#BDAE59 #59BD7C #5968BD #BD599A

square

#BDAE59 #59BD7C #5968BD #BD599A

split-complementary

#BDAE59 #599ABD #7C59BD

monochromatic

#6F652C #9B8D3E #BDAE59 #CEC385 #E0D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BDAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE59

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE59	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)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.108 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c58a',
    500: '#bdae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae59;
$custom-light: #d3c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7458,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE59

secondary

#A4AACE

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE59

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

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