#BDB460#BDB460

#BDB460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.107 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB460
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -8.30, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 44.43, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0242 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.107 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4199, 44.3071, 17.5397)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB460 #6069BD

analogous

#BD8560 #BDB460 #97BD60

triadic

#BDB460 #60BDB4 #B460BD

tetradic

#BDB460 #60BD85 #6069BD #BD6097

square

#BDB460 #60BD85 #6069BD #BD6097

split-complementary

#BDB460 #6097BD #8560BD

monochromatic

#736C30 #9E9542 #BDB460 #CFC88B #E1DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB460

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB460	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)

#C1AF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.107 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8f',
    500: '#bdb460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb460;
$custom-light: #d3ca8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB460

secondary

#A9ADD0

accent

#62D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB460

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

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