#BDB26D#BDB26D

#BDB26D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.090 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB26D
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -5.96, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 37.10, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0163 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.09 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6678, 43.7649, 20.8229)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB26D #6D78BD

analogous

#BD8A6D #BDB26D #A0BD6D

triadic

#BDB26D #6DBDB2 #B26DBD

tetradic

#BDB26D #6DBD8A #6D78BD #BD6DA0

square

#BDB26D #6DBD8A #6D78BD #BD6DA0

split-complementary

#BDB26D #6DA0BD #8A6DBD

monochromatic

#797037 #A3974A #BDB26D #D0C897 #E3DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDB26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB26D

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB26D	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.090 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c898',
    500: '#bdb26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb26d;
$custom-light: #d2c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.75,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB26D

secondary

#B3B7D3

accent

#6ACE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB26D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →