#BDB268#BDB268

#BDB268 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.096 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB268
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 104)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -6.48, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 39.63, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0182 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.096 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4063, 43.6603, 19.4455)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB268 #6873BD

analogous

#BD8768 #BDB268 #9EBD68

triadic

#BDB268 #68BDB2 #B268BD

tetradic

#BDB268 #68BD87 #6873BD #BD689E

square

#BDB268 #68BD87 #6873BD #BD689E

split-complementary

#BDB268 #689EBD #8768BD

monochromatic

#776E34 #A19647 #BDB268 #D0C893 #E2DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BDB268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB268

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB268	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.096 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c894',
    500: '#bdb268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb268;
$custom-light: #d2c894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB268

secondary

#AFB4D2

accent

#68CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB268

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

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