#BDAE5F#BDAE5F

#BDAE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE5F
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -5.25, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 42.52, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0156 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.102 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1890, 41.9185, 16.9037)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE5F #5F6EBD

analogous

#BD7F5F #BDAE5F #9DBD5F

triadic

#BDAE5F #5FBDAE #AE5FBD

tetradic

#BDAE5F #5FBD7F #5F6EBD #BD5F9D

square

#BDAE5F #5FBD7F #5F6EBD #BD5F9D

split-complementary

#BDAE5F #5F9DBD #7F5FBD

monochromatic

#72682F #9E8F41 #BDAE5F #CFC48A #E1DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BDAE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE5F

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE5F	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)

#BBAA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68e',
    500: '#bdae5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae5f;
$custom-light: #d3c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74661,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE5F

secondary

#A8AFCF

accent

#6AD156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE5F

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

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