#BDAF59#BDAF59

#BDAF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF59
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -6.31, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 45.83, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0193 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1206, 42.2014, 15.5869)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF59 #5967BD

analogous

#BD7D59 #BDAF59 #99BD59

triadic

#BDAF59 #59BDAF #AF59BD

tetradic

#BDAF59 #59BD7D #5967BD #BD5999

square

#BDAF59 #59BD7D #5967BD #BD5999

split-complementary

#BDAF59 #5999BD #7D59BD

monochromatic

#6F662C #9B8E3E #BDAF59 #CEC485 #E0D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF59

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF59	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68a',
    500: '#bdaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf59;
$custom-light: #d3c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74792,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF59

secondary

#A4AACE

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF59

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

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