#BDB262#BDB262

#BDB262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB262
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -7.07, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 42.62, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0205 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1123, 43.5427, 17.8972)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB262 #626DBD

analogous

#BD8562 #BDB262 #9BBD62

triadic

#BDB262 #62BDB2 #B262BD

tetradic

#BDB262 #62BD85 #626DBD #BD629B

square

#BDB262 #62BD85 #626DBD #BD629B

split-complementary

#BDB262 #629BBD #8562BD

monochromatic

#746C31 #9F9443 #BDB262 #CFC78D #E1DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB262

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB262	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c890',
    500: '#bdb262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb262;
$custom-light: #d3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB262

secondary

#ABAFD0

accent

#66D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB262

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

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