#BDAE7E#BDAE7E

#BDAE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.067 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE7E
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -1.87, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 26.70, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0032 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.067 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8888, 42.5984, 25.8557)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE7E #7E8DBD

analogous

#BD8F7E #BDAE7E #ADBD7E

triadic

#BDAE7E #7EBDAE #AE7EBD

tetradic

#BDAE7E #7EBD8F #7E8DBD #BD7EAD

square

#BDAE7E #7EBD8F #7E8DBD #BD7EAD

split-complementary

#BDAE7E #7EADBD #8F7EBD

monochromatic

#7F7141 #A89456 #BDAE7E #D2C7A6 #E6E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDAE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE7E

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE7E	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.067 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6a3',
    500: '#bdae7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae7e;
$custom-light: #d2c6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.06663,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE7E

secondary

#C0C5D7

accent

#55AB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE7E

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

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