#BDAF4B#BDAF4B

#BDAF4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF4B
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -7.40, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 52.37, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.024 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5876, 41.9882, 12.7799)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF4B #4B59BD

analogous

#BD764B #BDAF4B #92BD4B

triadic

#BDAF4B #4BBDAF #AF4BBD

tetradic

#BDAF4B #4BBD76 #4B59BD #BD4B92

square

#BDAF4B #4BBD76 #4B59BD #BD4B92

split-complementary

#BDAF4B #4B92BD #764BBD

monochromatic

#686026 #948936 #BDAF4B #CDC378 #DED7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAF4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDAF4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF4B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF4B	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c681',
    500: '#bdaf4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf4b;
$custom-light: #d4c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF4B

secondary

#999FCB

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF4B

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

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