#BDB366#BDB366

#BDB366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB366
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -7.21, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 41.05, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0205 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5056, 44.0195, 18.9834)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB366 #6670BD

analogous

#BD8766 #BDB366 #9CBD66

triadic

#BDB366 #66BDB3 #B366BD

tetradic

#BDB366 #66BD87 #6670BD #BD669C

square

#BDB366 #66BD87 #6670BD #BD669C

split-complementary

#BDB366 #669CBD #8766BD

monochromatic

#766E33 #A19645 #BDB366 #CFC891 #E2DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB366

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB366	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c993',
    500: '#bdb366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb366;
$custom-light: #d2c993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB366

secondary

#AEB2D1

accent

#66D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB366

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

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