#BDB45E#BDB45E

#BDB45E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.109 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB45E
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -8.49, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 45.41, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.025 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.109 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3290, 44.2707, 17.0609)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB45E #5E67BD

analogous

#BD845E #BDB45E #96BD5E

triadic

#BDB45E #5EBDB4 #B45EBD

tetradic

#BDB45E #5EBD84 #5E67BD #BD5E96

square

#BDB45E #5EBD84 #5E67BD #BD5E96

split-complementary

#BDB45E #5E96BD #845EBD

monochromatic

#726C2F #9D9540 #BDB45E #CFC889 #E1DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB45E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB45E	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)

#C1AF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.109 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8e',
    500: '#bdb45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb45e;
$custom-light: #d3ca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.316,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75921,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB45E

secondary

#A8ABCF

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB45E

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

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