#BDB35A#BDB35A

#BDB35A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB35A
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -8.32, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 46.93, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0249 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.112 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9530, 43.7985, 16.0729)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB35A #5A64BD

analogous

#BD815A #BDB35A #96BD5A

triadic

#BDB35A #5ABDB3 #B35ABD

tetradic

#BDB35A #5ABD81 #5A64BD #BD5A96

square

#BDB35A #5ABD81 #5A64BD #BD5A96

split-complementary

#BDB35A #5A96BD #815ABD

monochromatic

#70692D #9C923E #BDB35A #CEC786 #E0DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB35A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB35A	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c98b',
    500: '#bdb35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb35a;
$custom-light: #d3c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75655,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB35A

secondary

#A5A9CE

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB35A

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

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