#BDAF50#BDAF50

#BDAF50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF50
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -7.04, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 50.08, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0224 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.7655, 42.0594, 13.7168)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF50 #505EBD

analogous

#BD7950 #BDAF50 #94BD50

triadic

#BDAF50 #50BDAF #AF50BD

tetradic

#BDAF50 #50BD79 #505EBD #BD5094

square

#BDAF50 #50BD79 #505EBD #BD5094

split-complementary

#BDAF50 #5094BD #7950BD

monochromatic

#6A6228 #978B39 #BDAF50 #CEC37C #DFD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BDAF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF50

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF50	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c684',
    500: '#bdaf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf50;
$custom-light: #d3c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74683,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF50

secondary

#9DA3CC

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF50

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

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