#BDAE63#BDAE63

#BDAE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.098 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE63
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -4.87, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 40.53, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.014 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.098 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3755, 41.9931, 17.8860)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE63 #6372BD

analogous

#BD8163 #BDAE63 #9FBD63

triadic

#BDAE63 #63BDAE #AE63BD

tetradic

#BDAE63 #63BD81 #6372BD #BD639F

square

#BDAE63 #63BD81 #6372BD #BD639F

split-complementary

#BDAE63 #639FBD #8163BD

monochromatic

#746931 #9F9043 #BDAE63 #CFC48E #E1DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDAE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE63

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE63	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.098 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c691',
    500: '#bdae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae63;
$custom-light: #d3c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74718,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE63

secondary

#ABB2D0

accent

#6CD057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE63

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

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