#BDAE68#BDAE68

#BDAE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.092 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE68
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -4.37, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 38.02, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0121 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.092 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6220, 42.0917, 19.1841)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE68 #6877BD

analogous

#BD8468 #BDAE68 #A1BD68

triadic

#BDAE68 #68BDAE #AE68BD

tetradic

#BDAE68 #68BD84 #6877BD #BD68A1

square

#BDAE68 #68BD84 #6877BD #BD68A1

split-complementary

#BDAE68 #68A1BD #8468BD

monochromatic

#776B34 #A19147 #BDAE68 #D0C593 #E2DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDAE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE68

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE68	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.092 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c694',
    500: '#bdae68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae68;
$custom-light: #d2c694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.09209,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE68

secondary

#AFB5D2

accent

#6ECF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE68

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

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