#BDAF6D#BDAF6D

#BDAF6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.087 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF6D
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -4.38, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 35.87, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0117 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.087 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0774, 42.5842, 20.6261)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF6D #6D7BBD

analogous

#BD876D #BDAF6D #A3BD6D

triadic

#BDAF6D #6DBDAF #AF6DBD

tetradic

#BDAF6D #6DBD87 #6D7BBD #BD6DA3

square

#BDAF6D #6DBD87 #6D7BBD #BD6DA3

split-complementary

#BDAF6D #6DA3BD #876DBD

monochromatic

#796D37 #A3934A #BDAF6D #D0C697 #E3DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAF6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDAF6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF6D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF6D	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.087 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c698',
    500: '#bdaf6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf6d;
$custom-light: #d2c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75084,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF6D

secondary

#B3B9D3

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF6D

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

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