#BDB165#BDB165

#BDB165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB165
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -6.26, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 40.72, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0178 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.098 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0584, 43.2040, 18.5912)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB165 #6571BD

analogous

#BD8565 #BDB165 #9DBD65

triadic

#BDB165 #65BDB1 #B165BD

tetradic

#BDB165 #65BD85 #6571BD #BD659D

square

#BDB165 #65BD85 #6571BD #BD659D

split-complementary

#BDB165 #659DBD #8565BD

monochromatic

#756C32 #A09445 #BDB165 #CFC790 #E2DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BDB165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB165

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB165	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)

#BEAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c892',
    500: '#bdb165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb165;
$custom-light: #d2c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75382,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB165

secondary

#ADB2D1

accent

#68D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB165

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

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