#BDB162#BDB162

#BDB162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB162
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -6.55, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 42.22, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.019 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.101 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9141, 43.1462, 17.8311)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB162 #626EBD

analogous

#BD8462 #BDB162 #9CBD62

triadic

#BDB162 #62BDB1 #B162BD

tetradic

#BDB162 #62BD84 #626EBD #BD629C

square

#BDB162 #62BD84 #626EBD #BD629C

split-complementary

#BDB162 #629CBD #8462BD

monochromatic

#746B31 #9F9343 #BDB162 #CFC68D #E1DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB162

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB162	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)

#BEAD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c890',
    500: '#bdb162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb162;
$custom-light: #d3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB162

secondary

#ABB0D0

accent

#67D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB162

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

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