#BDAE64#BDAE64

#BDAE64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.096 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE64
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 100)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 47.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -4.77, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 40.03, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0137 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.096 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4236, 42.0124, 18.1393)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE64 #6473BD

analogous

#BD8264 #BDAE64 #A0BD64

triadic

#BDAE64 #64BDAE #AE64BD

tetradic

#BDAE64 #64BD82 #6473BD #BD64A0

square

#BDAE64 #64BD82 #6473BD #BD64A0

split-complementary

#BDAE64 #64A0BD #8264BD

monochromatic

#756A32 #A09044 #BDAE64 #CFC48F #E2DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAE64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDAE64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE64

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE64	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)

#BBAA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.096 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c691',
    500: '#bdae64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae64;
$custom-light: #d2c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.888,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE64

secondary

#ACB2D1

accent

#6CD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE64

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

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