#BDB163#BDB163

#BDB163 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.100 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB163
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -6.45, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 41.72, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0186 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.1 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9616, 43.1652, 18.0813)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB163 #636FBD

analogous

#BD8463 #BDB163 #9CBD63

triadic

#BDB163 #63BDB1 #B163BD

tetradic

#BDB163 #63BD84 #636FBD #BD639C

square

#BDB163 #63BD84 #636FBD #BD639C

split-complementary

#BDB163 #639CBD #8463BD

monochromatic

#746B31 #9F9343 #BDB163 #CFC78E #E1DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB163

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB163	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)

#BEAD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.100 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c891',
    500: '#bdb163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb163;
$custom-light: #d3c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75352,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB163

secondary

#ABB0D0

accent

#68D057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB163

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

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