#BDAE80#BDAE80

#BDAE80 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.064 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE80
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 128)
HSL	hsl(45, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 32.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -1.61, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 25.66, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0024 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.064 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0191, 42.6506, 26.5422)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE80 #808FBD

analogous

#BD9080 #BDAE80 #AEBD80

triadic

#BDAE80 #80BDAE #AE80BD

tetradic

#BDAE80 #80BD90 #808FBD #BD80AE

square

#BDAE80 #80BD90 #808FBD #BD80AE

split-complementary

#BDAE80 #80AEBD #9080BD

monochromatic

#807143 #A89458 #BDAE80 #D2C8A8 #E7E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDAE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDAE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE80

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE80	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.064 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a5',
    500: '#bdae80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae80;
$custom-light: #d1c6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 31.606,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75222,
    "c": 0.06422,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE80

secondary

#C1C7D8

accent

#56AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE80

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

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