#BDB16E#BDB16E

#BDB16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.088 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB16E
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -5.33, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 36.18, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0143 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.088 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5237, 43.3901, 21.0420)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB16E #6E7ABD

analogous

#BD896E #BDB16E #A1BD6E

triadic

#BDB16E #6EBDB1 #B16EBD

tetradic

#BDB16E #6EBD89 #6E7ABD #BD6EA1

square

#BDB16E #6EBD89 #6E7ABD #BD6EA1

split-complementary

#BDB16E #6EA1BD #896EBD

monochromatic

#796F37 #A3964A #BDB16E #D0C898 #E3DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB16E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB16E	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.088 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c898',
    500: '#bdb16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb16e;
$custom-light: #d2c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB16E

secondary

#B4B9D3

accent

#6CCD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB16E

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

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