#BDAE6E#BDAE6E

#BDAE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.085 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE6E
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -3.74, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 34.97, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0098 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.085 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9377, 42.2180, 20.8466)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE6E #6E7DBD

analogous

#BD866E #BDAE6E #A4BD6E

triadic

#BDAE6E #6EBDAE #AE6EBD

tetradic

#BDAE6E #6EBD86 #6E7DBD #BD6EA4

square

#BDAE6E #6EBD86 #6E7DBD #BD6EA4

split-complementary

#BDAE6E #6EA4BD #866EBD

monochromatic

#796D37 #A3934A #BDAE6E #D0C598 #E3DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDAE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE6E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE6E	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.085 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c698',
    500: '#bdae6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae6e;
$custom-light: #d2c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74891,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE6E

secondary

#B4BAD3

accent

#70CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE6E

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

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