#BDB463#BDB463

#BDB463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.103 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB463
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -8.02, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 42.96, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0231 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.103 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5607, 44.3634, 18.2810)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB463 #636CBD

analogous

#BD8763 #BDB463 #99BD63

triadic

#BDB463 #63BDB4 #B463BD

tetradic

#BDB463 #63BD87 #636CBD #BD6399

square

#BDB463 #63BD87 #636CBD #BD6399

split-complementary

#BDB463 #6399BD #8763BD

monochromatic

#746E31 #9F9643 #BDB463 #CFC98E #E1DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDB463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB463

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB463	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.103 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca91',
    500: '#bdb463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb463;
$custom-light: #d3ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7599,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB463

secondary

#ABAFD0

accent

#64D057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB463

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

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