#BDB263#BDB263

#BDB263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.101 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB263
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -6.98, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 42.13, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0201 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.101 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1598, 43.5617, 18.1474)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB263 #636EBD

analogous

#BD8563 #BDB263 #9BBD63

triadic

#BDB263 #63BDB2 #B263BD

tetradic

#BDB263 #63BD85 #636EBD #BD639B

square

#BDB263 #63BD85 #636EBD #BD639B

split-complementary

#BDB263 #639BBD #8563BD

monochromatic

#746C31 #9F9443 #BDB263 #CFC78E #E1DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB263

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB263	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)

#BFAE5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.101 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c891',
    500: '#bdb263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb263;
$custom-light: #d3c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB263

secondary

#ABB0D0

accent

#66D057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB263

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

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