#BDAE73#BDAE73

#BDAE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.080 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE73
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -3.19, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 32.40, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0077 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.08 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2176, 42.3300, 22.3210)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE73 #7382BD

analogous

#BD8973 #BDAE73 #A7BD73

triadic

#BDAE73 #73BDAE #AE73BD

tetradic

#BDAE73 #73BD89 #7382BD #BD73A7

square

#BDAE73 #73BD89 #7382BD #BD73A7

split-complementary

#BDAE73 #73A7BD #8973BD

monochromatic

#7B6E3A #A5934E #BDAE73 #D1C69D #E4DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BDAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE73

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE73	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.080 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c69c',
    500: '#bdae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae73;
$custom-light: #d2c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.07966,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE73

secondary

#B8BDD4

accent

#73CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE73

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

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