#BDB45F#BDB45F

#BDB45F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.108 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB45F
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 95)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -8.40, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 44.92, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0246 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.108 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3741, 44.2888, 17.2988)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB45F #5F68BD

analogous

#BD855F #BDB45F #97BD5F

triadic

#BDB45F #5FBDB4 #B45FBD

tetradic

#BDB45F #5FBD85 #5F68BD #BD5F97

square

#BDB45F #5FBD85 #5F68BD #BD5F97

split-complementary

#BDB45F #5F97BD #855FBD

monochromatic

#726C2F #9E9541 #BDB45F #CFC88A #E1DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB45F

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB45F	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.108 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8e',
    500: '#bdb45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb45f;
$custom-light: #d3ca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.255,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75934,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB45F

secondary

#A8ACCF

accent

#62D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB45F

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

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