#BDB06D#BDB06D

#BDB06D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.088 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB06D
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -4.91, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 36.28, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0132 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.088 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2728, 42.9749, 20.6913)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB06D #6D7ABD

analogous

#BD886D #BDB06D #A2BD6D

triadic

#BDB06D #6DBDB0 #B06DBD

tetradic

#BDB06D #6DBD88 #6D7ABD #BD6DA2

square

#BDB06D #6DBD88 #6D7ABD #BD6DA2

split-complementary

#BDB06D #6DA2BD #886DBD

monochromatic

#796E37 #A3954A #BDB06D #D0C797 #E3DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB06D

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB06D	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.088 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c798',
    500: '#bdb06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb06d;
$custom-light: #d2c798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75295,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB06D

secondary

#B3B8D3

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB06D

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

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