#BDAF5E#BDAF5E

#BDAF5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF5E
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -5.87, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 43.40, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0174 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3378, 42.2883, 16.7305)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF5E #5E6CBD

analogous

#BD7F5E #BDAF5E #9BBD5E

triadic

#BDAF5E #5EBDAF #AF5EBD

tetradic

#BDAF5E #5EBD7F #5E6CBD #BD5E9B

square

#BDAF5E #5EBD7F #5E6CBD #BD5E9B

split-complementary

#BDAF5E #5E9BBD #7F5EBD

monochromatic

#72682F #9D9040 #BDAF5E #CFC589 #E1DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDAF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF5E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF5E	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68d',
    500: '#bdaf5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf5e;
$custom-light: #d3c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74858,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF5E

secondary

#A8ADCF

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF5E

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

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