#BDAF5A#BDAF5A

#BDAF5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF5A
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -6.22, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 45.35, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0189 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.108 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1629, 42.2184, 15.8096)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF5A #5A68BD

analogous

#BD7E5A #BDAF5A #9ABD5A

triadic

#BDAF5A #5ABDAF #AF5ABD

tetradic

#BDAF5A #5ABD7E #5A68BD #BD5A9A

square

#BDAF5A #5ABD7E #5A68BD #BD5A9A

split-complementary

#BDAF5A #5A9ABD #7E5ABD

monochromatic

#70662D #9C8E3E #BDAF5A #CEC486 #E0D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDAF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF5A

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF5A	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)

#BDAB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68b',
    500: '#bdaf5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf5a;
$custom-light: #d3c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF5A

secondary

#A5AACE

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF5A

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

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