#BDB36D#BDB36D

#BDB36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.092 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB36D
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -6.49, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 37.52, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0178 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.092 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8675, 44.1643, 20.8895)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB36D #6D77BD

analogous

#BD8B6D #BDB36D #9FBD6D

triadic

#BDB36D #6DBDB3 #B36DBD

tetradic

#BDB36D #6DBD8B #6D77BD #BD6D9F

square

#BDB36D #6DBD8B #6D77BD #BD6D9F

split-complementary

#BDB36D #6D9FBD #8B6DBD

monochromatic

#797137 #A3984A #BDB36D #D0C997 #E3DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB36D

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB36D	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.092 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c998',
    500: '#bdb36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb36d;
$custom-light: #d2c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB36D

secondary

#B3B7D3

accent

#69CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB36D

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

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