#BDAF57#BDAF57

#BDAF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF57
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -6.48, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 46.79, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.02 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0378, 42.1683, 15.1506)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF57 #5765BD

analogous

#BD7C57 #BDAF57 #98BD57

triadic

#BDAF57 #57BDAF #AF57BD

tetradic

#BDAF57 #57BD7C #5765BD #BD5798

square

#BDAF57 #57BD7C #5765BD #BD5798

split-complementary

#BDAF57 #5798BD #7C57BD

monochromatic

#6E652B #9A8D3D #BDAF57 #CEC483 #E0D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BDAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF57

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF57	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)

#BDAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c689',
    500: '#bdaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf57;
$custom-light: #d3c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74766,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF57

secondary

#A2A8CE

accent

#66D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF57

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

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