#BDB164#BDB164

#BDB164 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB164
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 100)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 47.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -6.35, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 41.22, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0182 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.099 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0097, 43.1845, 18.3347)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB164 #6470BD

analogous

#BD8564 #BDB164 #9DBD64

triadic

#BDB164 #64BDB1 #B164BD

tetradic

#BDB164 #64BD85 #6470BD #BD649D

square

#BDB164 #64BD85 #6470BD #BD649D

split-complementary

#BDB164 #649DBD #8564BD

monochromatic

#756C32 #A09344 #BDB164 #CFC78F #E2DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BDB164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB164

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB164	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c892',
    500: '#bdb164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb164;
$custom-light: #d2c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB164

secondary

#ACB1D1

accent

#68D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB164

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

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