#BDAE72#BDAE72

#BDAE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE72
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -3.30, 32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 32.91, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0081 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.081 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1604, 42.3071, 22.0196)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE72 #7281BD

analogous

#BD8972 #BDAE72 #A7BD72

triadic

#BDAE72 #72BDAE #AE72BD

tetradic

#BDAE72 #72BD89 #7281BD #BD72A7

square

#BDAE72 #72BD89 #7281BD #BD72A7

split-complementary

#BDAE72 #72A7BD #8972BD

monochromatic

#7B6E3A #A5934D #BDAE72 #D1C69C #E4DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE72

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE72	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)

#BAAB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c69b',
    500: '#bdae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae72;
$custom-light: #d2c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74959,
    "c": 0.08082,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE72

secondary

#B7BDD4

accent

#72CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE72

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

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