#BDAF53#BDAF53

#BDAF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF53
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -6.80, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 48.69, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0214 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.114 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8789, 42.1047, 14.3137)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF53 #5361BD

analogous

#BD7A53 #BDAF53 #96BD53

triadic

#BDAF53 #53BDAF #AF53BD

tetradic

#BDAF53 #53BD7A #5361BD #BD5396

square

#BDAF53 #53BD7A #5361BD #BD5396

split-complementary

#BDAF53 #5396BD #7A53BD

monochromatic

#6C6329 #988C3A #BDAF53 #CEC47F #DFD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDAF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF53

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF53	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c686',
    500: '#bdaf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf53;
$custom-light: #d3c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74717,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF53

secondary

#9FA5CD

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF53

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

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