#BDB166#BDB166

#BDB166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.097 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB166
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -6.16, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 40.22, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0175 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.097 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1077, 43.2237, 18.8508)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB166 #6672BD

analogous

#BD8666 #BDB166 #9EBD66

triadic

#BDB166 #66BDB1 #B166BD

tetradic

#BDB166 #66BD86 #6672BD #BD669E

square

#BDB166 #66BD86 #6672BD #BD669E

split-complementary

#BDB166 #669EBD #8666BD

monochromatic

#766D33 #A19445 #BDB166 #CFC791 #E2DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BDB166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB166

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB166	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)

#BEAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.097 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c893',
    500: '#bdb166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb166;
$custom-light: #d2c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75397,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB166

secondary

#AEB3D1

accent

#69D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB166

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

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