#BDAE69#BDAE69

#BDAE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.091 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE69
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -4.27, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 37.51, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0117 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.091 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6731, 42.1122, 19.4532)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE69 #6978BD

analogous

#BD8469 #BDAE69 #A2BD69

triadic

#BDAE69 #69BDAE #AE69BD

tetradic

#BDAE69 #69BD84 #6978BD #BD69A2

square

#BDAE69 #69BD84 #6978BD #BD69A2

split-complementary

#BDAE69 #69A2BD #8469BD

monochromatic

#776B34 #A29247 #BDAE69 #D0C593 #E2DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDAE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE69

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE69	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)

#BBAB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.091 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c695',
    500: '#bdae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae69;
$custom-light: #d2c695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE69

secondary

#B0B6D2

accent

#6ECF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE69

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

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