#BDAE81#BDAE81

#BDAE81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.063 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE81
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -1.48, 25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 25.14, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.002 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.063 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0853, 42.6770, 26.8905)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE81 #8190BD

analogous

#BD9081 #BDAE81 #AEBD81

triadic

#BDAE81 #81BDAE #AE81BD

tetradic

#BDAE81 #81BD90 #8190BD #BD81AE

square

#BDAE81 #81BD90 #8190BD #BD81AE

split-complementary

#BDAE81 #81AEBD #9081BD

monochromatic

#807143 #A89459 #BDAE81 #D2C8A9 #E7E2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDAE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BDAE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE81

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE81	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.063 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a6',
    500: '#bdae81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae81;
$custom-light: #d1c6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75242,
    "c": 0.063,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE81

secondary

#C2C7D8

accent

#57AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE81

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

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