#BDB261#BDB261

#BDB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.104 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB261
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -7.17, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 43.12, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0209 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.104 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0654, 43.5240, 17.6501)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB261 #616CBD

analogous

#BD8461 #BDB261 #9ABD61

triadic

#BDB261 #61BDB2 #B261BD

tetradic

#BDB261 #61BD84 #616CBD #BD619A

square

#BDB261 #61BD84 #616CBD #BD619A

split-complementary

#BDB261 #619ABD #8461BD

monochromatic

#736B30 #9F9442 #BDB261 #CFC78C #E1DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB261

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB261	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)

#BFAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.104 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c890',
    500: '#bdb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb261;
$custom-light: #d3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB261

secondary

#AAAED0

accent

#65D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB261

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

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