#BDB45A#BDB45A

#BDB45A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB45A
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -8.84, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 47.33, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0264 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.113 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1541, 44.2008, 16.1400)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB45A #5A63BD

analogous

#BD825A #BDB45A #95BD5A

triadic

#BDB45A #5ABDB4 #B45ABD

tetradic

#BDB45A #5ABD82 #5A63BD #BD5A95

square

#BDB45A #5ABD82 #5A63BD #BD5A95

split-complementary

#BDB45A #5A95BD #825ABD

monochromatic

#706A2D #9C933E #BDB45A #CEC886 #E0DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB45A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB45A	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)

#C2AF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8b',
    500: '#bdb45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb45a;
$custom-light: #d3ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75869,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB45A

secondary

#A5A8CE

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB45A

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

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