#BDAE5D#BDAE5D

#BDAE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.104 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE5D
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -5.43, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 43.50, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0163 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.104 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.0993, 41.8826, 16.4311)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE5D #5D6CBD

analogous

#BD7E5D #BDAE5D #9CBD5D

triadic

#BDAE5D #5DBDAE #AE5DBD

tetradic

#BDAE5D #5DBD7E #5D6CBD #BD5D9C

square

#BDAE5D #5DBD7E #5D6CBD #BD5D9C

split-complementary

#BDAE5D #5D9CBD #7E5DBD

monochromatic

#71672E #9D8E40 #BDAE5D #CFC488 #E0D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BDAE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE5D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE5D	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.104 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68d',
    500: '#bdae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae5d;
$custom-light: #d3c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.41881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE5D

secondary

#A7ADCF

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE5D

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

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