#BDAF65#BDAF65

#BDAF65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.096 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF65
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -5.20, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 39.92, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0148 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.096 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6662, 42.4197, 18.4604)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF65 #6573BD

analogous

#BD8365 #BDAF65 #9FBD65

triadic

#BDAF65 #65BDAF #AF65BD

tetradic

#BDAF65 #65BD83 #6573BD #BD659F

square

#BDAF65 #65BD83 #6573BD #BD659F

split-complementary

#BDAF65 #659FBD #8365BD

monochromatic

#756B32 #A09245 #BDAF65 #CFC590 #E2DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAF65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDAF65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF65

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF65	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BCAB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.096 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c692',
    500: '#bdaf65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf65;
$custom-light: #d2c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74959,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF65

secondary

#ADB3D1

accent

#6BD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF65

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

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