#BDAE5E#BDAE5E

#BDAE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE5E
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -5.34, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 43.01, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0159 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.103 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1439, 41.9005, 16.6659)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE5E #5E6DBD

analogous

#BD7E5E #BDAE5E #9CBD5E

triadic

#BDAE5E #5EBDAE #AE5EBD

tetradic

#BDAE5E #5EBD7E #5E6DBD #BD5E9C

square

#BDAE5E #5EBD7E #5E6DBD #BD5E9C

split-complementary

#BDAE5E #5E9CBD #7E5EBD

monochromatic

#72672F #9D8F40 #BDAE5E #CFC489 #E1DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BDAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE5E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE5E	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)

#BCAA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68d',
    500: '#bdae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae5e;
$custom-light: #d3c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE5E

secondary

#A8AECF

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE5E

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

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