#BDAF5F#BDAF5F

#BDAF5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF5F
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -5.78, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 42.90, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0171 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3829, 42.3064, 16.9684)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF5F #5F6DBD

analogous

#BD805F #BDAF5F #9CBD5F

triadic

#BDAF5F #5FBDAF #AF5FBD

tetradic

#BDAF5F #5FBD80 #5F6DBD #BD5F9C

square

#BDAF5F #5FBD80 #5F6DBD #BD5F9C

split-complementary

#BDAF5F #5F9CBD #805FBD

monochromatic

#72682F #9E9041 #BDAF5F #CFC58A #E1DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAF5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDAF5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF5F

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF5F	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)

#BCAB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68e',
    500: '#bdaf5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf5f;
$custom-light: #d3c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF5F

secondary

#A8AECF

accent

#69D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF5F

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

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