#BDB362#BDB362

#BDB362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.103 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB362
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -7.59, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 43.03, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.022 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.103 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3120, 43.9421, 17.9638)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB362 #626CBD

analogous

#BD8662 #BDB362 #9ABD62

triadic

#BDB362 #62BDB3 #B362BD

tetradic

#BDB362 #62BD86 #626CBD #BD629A

square

#BDB362 #62BD86 #626CBD #BD629A

split-complementary

#BDB362 #629ABD #8662BD

monochromatic

#746D31 #9F9543 #BDB362 #CFC88D #E1DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB362

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB362	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.103 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c990',
    500: '#bdb362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb362;
$custom-light: #d3c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB362

secondary

#ABAFD0

accent

#64D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB362

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

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