#BDAE66#BDAE66

#BDAE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.094 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE66
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -4.58, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 39.03, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0129 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.094 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5216, 42.0516, 18.6554)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE66 #6675BD

analogous

#BD8366 #BDAE66 #A1BD66

triadic

#BDAE66 #66BDAE #AE66BD

tetradic

#BDAE66 #66BD83 #6675BD #BD66A1

square

#BDAE66 #66BD83 #6675BD #BD66A1

split-complementary

#BDAE66 #66A1BD #8366BD

monochromatic

#766A33 #A19145 #BDAE66 #CFC591 #E2DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BDAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE66

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE66	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)

#BBAA60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.094 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c693',
    500: '#bdae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae66;
$custom-light: #d2c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE66

secondary

#AEB4D1

accent

#6DD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE66

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

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