#BDAF5D#BDAF5D

#BDAF5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.105 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF5D
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -5.96, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 43.89, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0178 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.105 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2932, 42.2705, 16.4957)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF5D #5D6BBD

analogous

#BD7F5D #BDAF5D #9BBD5D

triadic

#BDAF5D #5DBDAF #AF5DBD

tetradic

#BDAF5D #5DBD7F #5D6BBD #BD5D9B

square

#BDAF5D #5DBD7F #5D6BBD #BD5D9B

split-complementary

#BDAF5D #5D9BBD #7F5DBD

monochromatic

#71682E #9D8F40 #BDAF5D #CFC488 #E0DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAF5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDAF5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF5D

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF5D	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)

#BDAB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.105 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68d',
    500: '#bdaf5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf5d;
$custom-light: #d3c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74845,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF5D

secondary

#A7ADCF

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF5D

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

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