#BDB169#BDB169

#BDB169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.094 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB169
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -5.86, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 38.71, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0163 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.094 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.2591, 43.2843, 19.6485)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB169 #6975BD

analogous

#BD8769 #BDB169 #9FBD69

triadic

#BDB169 #69BDB1 #B169BD

tetradic

#BDB169 #69BD87 #6975BD #BD699F

square

#BDB169 #69BD87 #6975BD #BD699F

split-complementary

#BDB169 #699FBD #8769BD

monochromatic

#776E34 #A29547 #BDB169 #D0C793 #E2DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB169

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB169	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.094 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c895',
    500: '#bdb169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb169;
$custom-light: #d2c895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.43283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB169

secondary

#B0B5D2

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB169

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

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