#BDB15F#BDB15F

#BDB15F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB15F
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -6.83, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 43.70, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0201 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7751, 43.0906, 17.0991)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB15F #5F6BBD

analogous

#BD825F #BDB15F #9ABD5F

triadic

#BDB15F #5FBDB1 #B15FBD

tetradic

#BDB15F #5FBD82 #5F6BBD #BD5F9A

square

#BDB15F #5FBD82 #5F6BBD #BD5F9A

split-complementary

#BDB15F #5F9ABD #825FBD

monochromatic

#726A2F #9E9241 #BDB15F #CFC68A #E1DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDB15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB15F

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB15F	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88e',
    500: '#bdb15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb15f;
$custom-light: #d3c88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75296,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB15F

secondary

#A8ADCF

accent

#66D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB15F

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

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