#BDB45C#BDB45C

#BDB45C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.111 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB45C
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -8.66, 45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 46.37, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0257 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.111 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2404, 44.2353, 16.5944)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB45C #5C65BD

analogous

#BD835C #BDB45C #95BD5C

triadic

#BDB45C #5CBDB4 #B45CBD

tetradic

#BDB45C #5CBD83 #5C65BD #BD5C95

square

#BDB45C #5CBD83 #5C65BD #BD5C95

split-complementary

#BDB45C #5C95BD #835CBD

monochromatic

#716B2E #9C943F #BDB45C #CFC888 #E0DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB45C

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB45C	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.111 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8c',
    500: '#bdb45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb45c;
$custom-light: #d3ca8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.433,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75895,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB45C

secondary

#A6AACF

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB45C

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

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