#BDAF63#BDAF63

#BDAF63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.098 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF63
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -5.40, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 40.92, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0156 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.098 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5694, 42.3810, 17.9506)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF63 #6371BD

analogous

#BD8263 #BDAF63 #9EBD63

triadic

#BDAF63 #63BDAF #AF63BD

tetradic

#BDAF63 #63BD82 #6371BD #BD639E

square

#BDAF63 #63BD82 #6371BD #BD639E

split-complementary

#BDAF63 #639EBD #8263BD

monochromatic

#746A31 #9F9143 #BDAF63 #CFC58E #E1DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAF63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDAF63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF63

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF63	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.098 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c691',
    500: '#bdaf63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf63;
$custom-light: #d3c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74929,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF63

secondary

#ABB1D0

accent

#6AD057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF63

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

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