#BDB16D#BDB16D

#BDB16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.089 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB16D
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -5.44, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 36.69, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0147 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.089 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4696, 43.3685, 20.7569)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB16D #6D79BD

analogous

#BD896D #BDB16D #A1BD6D

triadic

#BDB16D #6DBDB1 #B16DBD

tetradic

#BDB16D #6DBD89 #6D79BD #BD6DA1

square

#BDB16D #6DBD89 #6D79BD #BD6DA1

split-complementary

#BDB16D #6DA1BD #896DBD

monochromatic

#796F37 #A3964A #BDB16D #D0C897 #E3DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB16D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB16D	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.089 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c898',
    500: '#bdb16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb16d;
$custom-light: #d2c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB16D

secondary

#B3B8D3

accent

#6BCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB16D

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

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