#BDB35E#BDB35E

#BDB35E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.108 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB35E
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -7.96, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 45.00, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0235 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.108 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1278, 43.8684, 16.9939)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB35E #5E68BD

analogous

#BD835E #BDB35E #97BD5E

triadic

#BDB35E #5EBDB3 #B35EBD

tetradic

#BDB35E #5EBD83 #5E68BD #BD5E97

square

#BDB35E #5EBD83 #5E68BD #BD5E97

split-complementary

#BDB35E #5E97BD #835EBD

monochromatic

#726B2F #9D9440 #BDB35E #CFC789 #E1DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB35E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB35E	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.108 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c98e',
    500: '#bdb35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb35e;
$custom-light: #d3c98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75708,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB35E

secondary

#A8ACCF

accent

#63D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB35E

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

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