#BDAF4D#BDAF4D

#BDAF4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF4D
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -7.26, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 51.46, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0234 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.12 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6572, 42.0161, 13.1461)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF4D #4D5BBD

analogous

#BD774D #BDAF4D #93BD4D

triadic

#BDAF4D #4DBDAF #AF4DBD

tetradic

#BDAF4D #4DBD77 #4D5BBD #BD4D93

square

#BDAF4D #4DBD77 #4D5BBD #BD4D93

split-complementary

#BDAF4D #4D93BD #774DBD

monochromatic

#696127 #958A37 #BDAF4D #CEC37A #DED7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAF4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDAF4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF4D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF4D	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)

#BEAA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c682',
    500: '#bdaf4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf4d;
$custom-light: #d3c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74649,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF4D

secondary

#9AA1CB

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF4D

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

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