#BDB15E#BDB15E

#BDB15E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB15E
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -6.92, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 44.19, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0205 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7299, 43.0726, 16.8612)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB15E #5E6ABD

analogous

#BD815E #BDB15E #99BD5E

triadic

#BDB15E #5EBDB1 #B15EBD

tetradic

#BDB15E #5EBD81 #5E6ABD #BD5E99

square

#BDB15E #5EBD81 #5E6ABD #BD5E99

split-complementary

#BDB15E #5E99BD #815EBD

monochromatic

#72692F #9D9240 #BDB15E #CFC689 #E1DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BDB15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB15E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB15E	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)

#BEAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88d',
    500: '#bdb15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb15e;
$custom-light: #d3c88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB15E

secondary

#A8ADCF

accent

#66D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB15E

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

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