#BDB36F#BDB36F

#BDB36F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.089 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB36F
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 111)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 41.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -6.27, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 36.50, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.017 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.089 101)
XYZ	xyz(39.9764, 44.2079, 21.4630)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB36F #6F79BD

analogous

#BD8C6F #BDB36F #A0BD6F

triadic

#BDB36F #6FBDB3 #B36FBD

tetradic

#BDB36F #6FBD8C #6F79BD #BD6FA0

square

#BDB36F #6FBD8C #6F79BD #BD6FA0

split-complementary

#BDB36F #6FA0BD #8C6FBD

monochromatic

#7A7138 #A4984B #BDB36F #D0C999 #E3DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB36F

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB36F	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)

#BFAF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.089 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c999',
    500: '#bdb36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb36f;
$custom-light: #d2c999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75961,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.44207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB36F

secondary

#B5B8D3

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB36F

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

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