#BDAE65#BDAE65

#BDAE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.095 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE65
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -4.68, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 39.53, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0133 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.095 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.4723, 42.0319, 18.3958)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE65 #6574BD

analogous

#BD8265 #BDAE65 #A0BD65

triadic

#BDAE65 #65BDAE #AE65BD

tetradic

#BDAE65 #65BD82 #6574BD #BD65A0

square

#BDAE65 #65BD82 #6574BD #BD65A0

split-complementary

#BDAE65 #65A0BD #8265BD

monochromatic

#756A32 #A09145 #BDAE65 #CFC590 #E2DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BDAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE65

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE65	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.095 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c692',
    500: '#bdae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae65;
$custom-light: #d2c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74748,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.42031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE65

secondary

#ADB3D1

accent

#6CD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE65

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

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