#BDAE77#BDAE77

#BDAE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.075 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE77
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -2.72, 30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 30.33, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0061 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.075 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4528, 42.4241, 23.5596)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE77 #7786BD

analogous

#BD8B77 #BDAE77 #A9BD77

triadic

#BDAE77 #77BDAE #AE77BD

tetradic

#BDAE77 #77BD8B #7786BD #BD77A9

square

#BDAE77 #77BD8B #7786BD #BD77A9

split-complementary

#BDAE77 #77A9BD #8B77BD

monochromatic

#7D6F3D #A69451 #BDAE77 #D1C7A0 #E5DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDAE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE77

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE77	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#B9AB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.075 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c69f',
    500: '#bdae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae77;
$custom-light: #d2c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75049,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE77

secondary

#BBC0D5

accent

#51AD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE77

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

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