#BDB36E#BDB36E

#BDB36E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.090 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB36E
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -6.38, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 37.01, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0174 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.09 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9217, 44.1860, 21.1746)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB36E #6E78BD

analogous

#BD8B6E #BDB36E #9FBD6E

triadic

#BDB36E #6EBDB3 #B36EBD

tetradic

#BDB36E #6EBD8B #6E78BD #BD6E9F

square

#BDB36E #6EBD8B #6E78BD #BD6E9F

split-complementary

#BDB36E #6E9FBD #8B6EBD

monochromatic

#797137 #A3984A #BDB36E #D0C998 #E3DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB36E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB36E	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.090 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c998',
    500: '#bdb36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb36e;
$custom-light: #d2c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB36E

secondary

#B4B8D3

accent

#69CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB36E

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

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