#BDB15B#BDB15B

#BDB15B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB15B
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -7.19, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 45.65, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0216 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5979, 43.0198, 16.1660)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB15B #5B67BD

analogous

#BD805B #BDB15B #98BD5B

triadic

#BDB15B #5BBDB1 #B15BBD

tetradic

#BDB15B #5BBD80 #5B67BD #BD5B98

square

#BDB15B #5BBD80 #5B67BD #BD5B98

split-complementary

#BDB15B #5B98BD #805BBD

monochromatic

#70682D #9C913F #BDB15B #CFC687 #E0DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDB15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB15B

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB15B	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88c',
    500: '#bdb15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb15b;
$custom-light: #d3c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75242,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB15B

secondary

#A5AACF

accent

#65D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB15B

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

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