#BDAE76#BDAE76

#BDAE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.076 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE76
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 37.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -2.84, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 30.85, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0065 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.076 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3931, 42.4002, 23.2450)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE76 #7685BD

analogous

#BD8A76 #BDAE76 #A8BD76

triadic

#BDAE76 #76BDAE #AE76BD

tetradic

#BDAE76 #76BD8A #7685BD #BD76A8

square

#BDAE76 #76BD8A #7685BD #BD76A8

split-complementary

#BDAE76 #76A8BD #8A76BD

monochromatic

#7D6F3C #A69450 #BDAE76 #D1C69F #E5DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDAE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE76

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE76	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.076 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c69e',
    500: '#bdae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae76;
$custom-light: #d2c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE76

secondary

#BAC0D5

accent

#51AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE76

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

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