#BDB36A#BDB36A

#BDB36A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.095 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB36A
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 43.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -6.80, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 39.04, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.019 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.095 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7088, 44.1008, 20.0535)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB36A #6A74BD

analogous

#BD896A #BDB36A #9DBD6A

triadic

#BDB36A #6ABDB3 #B36ABD

tetradic

#BDB36A #6ABD89 #6A74BD #BD6A9D

square

#BDB36A #6ABD89 #6A74BD #BD6A9D

split-complementary

#BDB36A #6A9DBD #896ABD

monochromatic

#787035 #A29748 #BDB36A #D0C994 #E3DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BDB36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB36A

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB36A	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.095 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c996',
    500: '#bdb36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb36a;
$custom-light: #d2c996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 38.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB36A

secondary

#B1B5D2

accent

#67CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB36A

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

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