#BDB16A#BDB16A

#BDB16A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.093 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB16A
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -5.75, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 38.21, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0159 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.093 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3108, 43.3050, 19.9208)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB16A #6A76BD

analogous

#BD876A #BDB16A #A0BD6A

triadic

#BDB16A #6ABDB1 #B16ABD

tetradic

#BDB16A #6ABD87 #6A76BD #BD6AA0

square

#BDB16A #6ABD87 #6A76BD #BD6AA0

split-complementary

#BDB16A #6AA0BD #876ABD

monochromatic

#786E35 #A29548 #BDB16A #D0C794 #E3DDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB16A

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB16A	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)

#BDAD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.093 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c896',
    500: '#bdb16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb16a;
$custom-light: #d2c896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 38.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75458,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB16A

secondary

#B1B6D2

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB16A

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

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