#BDAE71#BDAE71

#BDAE71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.082 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE71
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -3.41, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 33.43, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0086 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.082 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.1038, 42.2844, 21.7215)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE71 #7180BD

analogous

#BD8871 #BDAE71 #A6BD71

triadic

#BDAE71 #71BDAE #AE71BD

tetradic

#BDAE71 #71BD88 #7180BD #BD71A6

square

#BDAE71 #71BD88 #7180BD #BD71A6

split-complementary

#BDAE71 #71A6BD #8871BD

monochromatic

#7B6E39 #A4934C #BDAE71 #D0C69B #E4DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDAE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE71

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE71	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.082 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c69a',
    500: '#bdae71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae71;
$custom-light: #d2c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74942,
    "c": 0.08197,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE71

secondary

#B6BCD4

accent

#72CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE71

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

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