#BDB265#BDB265

#BDB265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.099 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB265
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -6.78, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 41.13, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0194 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.099 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2566, 43.6004, 18.6572)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB265 #6570BD

analogous

#BD8665 #BDB265 #9CBD65

triadic

#BDB265 #65BDB2 #B265BD

tetradic

#BDB265 #65BD86 #6570BD #BD659C

square

#BDB265 #65BD86 #6570BD #BD659C

split-complementary

#BDB265 #659CBD #8665BD

monochromatic

#756D32 #A09545 #BDB265 #CFC790 #E2DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB265

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB265	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.099 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c892',
    500: '#bdb265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb265;
$custom-light: #d2c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB265

secondary

#ADB1D1

accent

#67D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB265

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

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