#BDAF55#BDAF55

#BDAF55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF55
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -6.64, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 47.74, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0207 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9572, 42.1361, 14.7262)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF55 #5563BD

analogous

#BD7B55 #BDAF55 #97BD55

triadic

#BDAF55 #55BDAF #AF55BD

tetradic

#BDAF55 #55BD7B #5563BD #BD5597

square

#BDAF55 #55BD7B #5563BD #BD5597

split-complementary

#BDAF55 #5597BD #7B55BD

monochromatic

#6D642A #998D3C #BDAF55 #CEC481 #DFD8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BDAF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF55

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF55	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c687',
    500: '#bdaf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf55;
$custom-light: #d3c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74742,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF55

secondary

#A1A7CD

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF55

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

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