#BDB363#BDB363

#BDB363 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.102 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB363
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -7.50, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 42.54, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0216 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.102 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3595, 43.9611, 18.2140)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB363 #636DBD

analogous

#BD8663 #BDB363 #9ABD63

triadic

#BDB363 #63BDB3 #B363BD

tetradic

#BDB363 #63BD86 #636DBD #BD639A

square

#BDB363 #63BD86 #636DBD #BD639A

split-complementary

#BDB363 #639ABD #8663BD

monochromatic

#746D31 #9F9543 #BDB363 #CFC88E #E1DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB363 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB363 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB363

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB363	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB363	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C0AE5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb363;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.102 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c991',
    500: '#bdb363',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb363;
$custom-light: #d3c991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb363",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB363

secondary

#ABB0D0

accent

#65D057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB363

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

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