#BDB05E#BDB05E

#BDB05E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.105 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB05E
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -6.39, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 43.79, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.019 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.105 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5331, 42.6790, 16.7956)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB05E #5E6BBD

analogous

#BD805E #BDB05E #9BBD5E

triadic

#BDB05E #5EBDB0 #B05EBD

tetradic

#BDB05E #5EBD80 #5E6BBD #BD5E9B

square

#BDB05E #5EBD80 #5E6BBD #BD5E9B

split-complementary

#BDB05E #5E9BBD #805EBD

monochromatic

#72692F #9D9140 #BDB05E #CFC589 #E1DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BDB05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB05E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB05E	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.105 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c78d',
    500: '#bdb05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb05e;
$custom-light: #d3c78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.789,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB05E

secondary

#A8ADCF

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB05E

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

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