#BDAE61#BDAE61

#BDAE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE61
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -5.06, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 41.53, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0148 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.1 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2811, 41.9554, 17.3887)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE61 #6170BD

analogous

#BD8061 #BDAE61 #9EBD61

triadic

#BDAE61 #61BDAE #AE61BD

tetradic

#BDAE61 #61BD80 #6170BD #BD619E

square

#BDAE61 #61BD80 #6170BD #BD619E

split-complementary

#BDAE61 #619EBD #8061BD

monochromatic

#736830 #9F9042 #BDAE61 #CFC48C #E1DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BDAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE61

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE61	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68f',
    500: '#bdae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae61;
$custom-light: #d3c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE61

secondary

#AAB0D0

accent

#6BD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE61

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

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