#BDAF68#BDAF68

#BDAF68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF68
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 104)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -4.90, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 38.41, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0136 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8159, 42.4796, 19.2487)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF68 #6876BD

analogous

#BD8568 #BDAF68 #A0BD68

triadic

#BDAF68 #68BDAF #AF68BD

tetradic

#BDAF68 #68BD85 #6876BD #BD68A0

square

#BDAF68 #68BD85 #6876BD #BD68A0

split-complementary

#BDAF68 #68A0BD #8568BD

monochromatic

#776C34 #A19247 #BDAF68 #D0C693 #E2DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAF68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDAF68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF68

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF68	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c694',
    500: '#bdaf68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf68;
$custom-light: #d2c694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75005,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF68

secondary

#AFB5D2

accent

#6CCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF68

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

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