#BDB464#BDB464

#BDB464 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.102 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB464
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 100)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 47.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -7.93, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 42.46, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0228 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.102 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6088, 44.3826, 18.5344)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB464 #646DBD

analogous

#BD8864 #BDB464 #9ABD64

triadic

#BDB464 #64BDB4 #B464BD

tetradic

#BDB464 #64BD88 #646DBD #BD649A

square

#BDB464 #64BD88 #646DBD #BD649A

split-complementary

#BDB464 #649ABD #8864BD

monochromatic

#756E32 #A09644 #BDB464 #CFC98F #E2DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB464

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB464	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.102 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca92',
    500: '#bdb464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb464;
$custom-light: #d2ca92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76004,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB464

secondary

#ACB0D1

accent

#64D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB464

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

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