#BDB160#BDB160

#BDB160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.104 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB160
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -6.73, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 43.20, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0197 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.104 101)
XYZ	xyz(38.8208, 43.1089, 17.3400)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB160 #606CBD

analogous

#BD8260 #BDB160 #9ABD60

triadic

#BDB160 #60BDB1 #B160BD

tetradic

#BDB160 #60BD82 #606CBD #BD609A

square

#BDB160 #60BD82 #606CBD #BD609A

split-complementary

#BDB160 #609ABD #8260BD

monochromatic

#736A30 #9E9242 #BDB160 #CFC68B #E1DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDB160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB160

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB160	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)

#BEAD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.104 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88f',
    500: '#bdb160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb160;
$custom-light: #d3c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7531,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.43108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB160

secondary

#A9AED0

accent

#66D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB160

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

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