#BDB360#BDB360

#BDB360 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.106 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB360
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -7.78, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 44.02, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0227 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.106 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2187, 43.9048, 17.4726)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB360 #606ABD

analogous

#BD8460 #BDB360 #98BD60

triadic

#BDB360 #60BDB3 #B360BD

tetradic

#BDB360 #60BD84 #606ABD #BD6098

square

#BDB360 #60BD84 #606ABD #BD6098

split-complementary

#BDB360 #6098BD #8460BD

monochromatic

#736C30 #9E9442 #BDB360 #CFC88B #E1DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB360 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDB360 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB360

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB360	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB360	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb360;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.106 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c98f',
    500: '#bdb360',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb360;
$custom-light: #d3c98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb360",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB360

secondary

#A9ADD0

accent

#64D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB360

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

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