#BDAF81#BDAF81

#BDAF81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.064 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF81
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 129)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -2.02, 25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 25.53, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0035 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.064 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2792, 43.0649, 26.9552)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF81 #818FBD

analogous

#BD9181 #BDAF81 #ADBD81

triadic

#BDAF81 #81BDAF #AF81BD

tetradic

#BDAF81 #81BD91 #818FBD #BD81AD

square

#BDAF81 #81BD91 #818FBD #BD81AD

split-complementary

#BDAF81 #81ADBD #9181BD

monochromatic

#807243 #A89659 #BDAF81 #D2C9A9 #E7E2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDAF81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BDAF81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF81

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF81	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.064 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a6',
    500: '#bdaf81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf81;
$custom-light: #d1c6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7545,
    "c": 0.06392,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF81

secondary

#C2C7D8

accent

#55AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF81

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

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