#BDB35B#BDB35B

#BDB35B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB35B
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -8.23, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 46.45, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0246 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9958, 43.8156, 16.2986)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB35B #5B65BD

analogous

#BD825B #BDB35B #96BD5B

triadic

#BDB35B #5BBDB3 #B35BBD

tetradic

#BDB35B #5BBD82 #5B65BD #BD5B96

square

#BDB35B #5BBD82 #5B65BD #BD5B96

split-complementary

#BDB35B #5B96BD #825BBD

monochromatic

#706A2D #9C933F #BDB35B #CFC787 #E0DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB35B

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB35B	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)

#C1AE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c98c',
    500: '#bdb35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb35b;
$custom-light: #d3c98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75668,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB35B

secondary

#A5A9CF

accent

#62D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB35B

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

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