#BDB063#BDB063

#BDB063 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.099 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB063
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -5.93, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 41.32, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0171 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.099 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7648, 42.7717, 18.0157)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB063 #6370BD

analogous

#BD8363 #BDB063 #9DBD63

triadic

#BDB063 #63BDB0 #B063BD

tetradic

#BDB063 #63BD83 #6370BD #BD639D

square

#BDB063 #63BD83 #6370BD #BD639D

split-complementary

#BDB063 #639DBD #8363BD

monochromatic

#746B31 #9F9243 #BDB063 #CFC68E #E1DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB063 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDB063 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB063

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB063	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB063	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb063;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.099 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c791',
    500: '#bdb063',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb063;
$custom-light: #d3c791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb063",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75141,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB063

secondary

#ABB1D0

accent

#69D057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB063

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

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