#BDAE79#BDAE79

#BDAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.073 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE79
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -2.48, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 29.30, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0053 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.073 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5742, 42.4726, 24.1989)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE79 #7988BD

analogous

#BD8C79 #BDAE79 #AABD79

triadic

#BDAE79 #79BDAE #AE79BD

tetradic

#BDAE79 #79BD8C #7988BD #BD79AA

square

#BDAE79 #79BD8C #7988BD #BD79AA

split-complementary

#BDAE79 #79AABD #8C79BD

monochromatic

#7E703E #A79452 #BDAE79 #D1C7A2 #E5E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BDAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE79

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE79	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.073 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6a0',
    500: '#bdae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae79;
$custom-light: #d2c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.07261,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE79

secondary

#BCC2D6

accent

#52AD39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE79

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

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