#BDB361#BDB361

#BDB361 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.105 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB361
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -7.69, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 43.53, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0224 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.105 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2651, 43.9233, 17.7167)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB361 #616BBD

analogous

#BD8561 #BDB361 #99BD61

triadic

#BDB361 #61BDB3 #B361BD

tetradic

#BDB361 #61BD85 #616BBD #BD6199

square

#BDB361 #61BD85 #616BBD #BD6199

split-complementary

#BDB361 #6199BD #8561BD

monochromatic

#736C30 #9F9542 #BDB361 #CFC88C #E1DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDB361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB361

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB361	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)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.105 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c990',
    500: '#bdb361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb361;
$custom-light: #d3c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75749,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB361

secondary

#AAAED0

accent

#64D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB361

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

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