#BDB260#BDB260

#BDB260 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.105 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB260
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -7.26, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 43.61, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0213 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.105 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0191, 43.5054, 17.4061)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB260 #606BBD

analogous

#BD8360 #BDB260 #99BD60

triadic

#BDB260 #60BDB2 #B260BD

tetradic

#BDB260 #60BD83 #606BBD #BD6099

square

#BDB260 #60BD83 #606BBD #BD6099

split-complementary

#BDB260 #6099BD #8360BD

monochromatic

#736B30 #9E9342 #BDB260 #CFC78B #E1DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB260

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB260	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.105 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88f',
    500: '#bdb260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb260;
$custom-light: #d3c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB260

secondary

#A9AED0

accent

#65D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB260

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

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