#BDB36B#BDB36B

#BDB36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.094 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB36B
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 43.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -6.70, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 38.54, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0186 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.094 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7611, 44.1217, 20.3289)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB36B #6B75BD

analogous

#BD8A6B #BDB36B #9EBD6B

triadic

#BDB36B #6BBDB3 #B36BBD

tetradic

#BDB36B #6BBD8A #6B75BD #BD6B9E

square

#BDB36B #6BBD8A #6B75BD #BD6B9E

split-complementary

#BDB36B #6B9EBD #8A6BBD

monochromatic

#787036 #A29748 #BDB36B #D0C995 #E3DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BDB36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB36B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB36B	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)

#BFAF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.094 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c996',
    500: '#bdb36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb36b;
$custom-light: #d2c996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75897,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB36B

secondary

#B2B6D2

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB36B

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

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