#BDAE5A#BDAE5A

#BDAE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE5A
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -5.70, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 44.96, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0174 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.107 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9690, 41.8305, 15.7450)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE5A #5A69BD

analogous

#BD7D5A #BDAE5A #9BBD5A

triadic

#BDAE5A #5ABDAE #AE5ABD

tetradic

#BDAE5A #5ABD7D #5A69BD #BD5A9B

square

#BDAE5A #5ABD7D #5A69BD #BD5A9B

split-complementary

#BDAE5A #5A9BBD #7D5ABD

monochromatic

#70662D #9C8D3E #BDAE5A #CEC386 #E0D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BDAE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE5A

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE5A	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c58b',
    500: '#bdae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae5a;
$custom-light: #d3c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74593,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE5A

secondary

#A5ABCE

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE5A

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

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