#BDB161#BDB161

#BDB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.103 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB161
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -6.64, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 42.71, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0194 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.103 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8671, 43.1275, 17.5840)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB161 #616DBD

analogous

#BD8361 #BDB161 #9BBD61

triadic

#BDB161 #61BDB1 #B161BD

tetradic

#BDB161 #61BD83 #616DBD #BD619B

square

#BDB161 #61BD83 #616DBD #BD619B

split-complementary

#BDB161 #619BBD #8361BD

monochromatic

#736B30 #9F9342 #BDB161 #CFC68C #E1DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB161

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB161	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.103 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c890',
    500: '#bdb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb161;
$custom-light: #d3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75324,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB161

secondary

#AAAFD0

accent

#67D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB161

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

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