#BDAF5B#BDAF5B

#BDAF5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF5B
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -6.14, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 44.86, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0185 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.107 100)
XYZ	xyz(38.2058, 42.2355, 16.0353)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF5B #5B69BD

analogous

#BD7E5B #BDAF5B #9ABD5B

triadic

#BDAF5B #5BBDAF #AF5BBD

tetradic

#BDAF5B #5BBD7E #5B69BD #BD5B9A

square

#BDAF5B #5BBD7E #5B69BD #BD5B9A

split-complementary

#BDAF5B #5B9ABD #7E5BBD

monochromatic

#70672D #9C8F3F #BDAF5B #CFC487 #E0DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDAF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF5B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF5B	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68b',
    500: '#bdaf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf5b;
$custom-light: #d3c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.42234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF5B

secondary

#A5ABCF

accent

#67D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF5B

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

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