#BDAE70#BDAE70

#BDAE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.083 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE70
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -3.52, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 33.94, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.009 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.083 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0478, 42.2621, 21.4266)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE70 #707FBD

analogous

#BD8870 #BDAE70 #A6BD70

triadic

#BDAE70 #70BDAE #AE70BD

tetradic

#BDAE70 #70BD88 #707FBD #BD70A6

square

#BDAE70 #70BD88 #707FBD #BD70A6

split-complementary

#BDAE70 #70A6BD #8870BD

monochromatic

#7A6D38 #A4934C #BDAE70 #D0C69A #E4DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDAE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE70

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE70	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.083 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c69a',
    500: '#bdae70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae70;
$custom-light: #d2c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE70

secondary

#B5BBD4

accent

#71CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE70

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

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