#BDB168#BDB168

#BDB168 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB168
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 104)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -5.96, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 39.22, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0167 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2081, 43.2638, 19.3794)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB168 #6874BD

analogous

#BD8668 #BDB168 #9FBD68

triadic

#BDB168 #68BDB1 #B168BD

tetradic

#BDB168 #68BD86 #6874BD #BD689F

square

#BDB168 #68BD86 #6874BD #BD689F

split-complementary

#BDB168 #689FBD #8668BD

monochromatic

#776D34 #A19447 #BDB168 #D0C793 #E2DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB168

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB168	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c894',
    500: '#bdb168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb168;
$custom-light: #d2c894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB168

secondary

#AFB4D2

accent

#69CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB168

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

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