#BDB46E#BDB46E

#BDB46E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.091 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB46E
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -6.91, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 37.44, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0189 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.091 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1228, 44.5883, 21.2417)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB46E #6E77BD

analogous

#BD8C6E #BDB46E #9EBD6E

triadic

#BDB46E #6EBDB4 #B46EBD

tetradic

#BDB46E #6EBD8C #6E77BD #BD6E9E

square

#BDB46E #6EBD8C #6E77BD #BD6E9E

split-complementary

#BDB46E #6E9EBD #8C6EBD

monochromatic

#797237 #A3994A #BDB46E #D0CA98 #E3E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB46E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB46E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB46E

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB46E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB46E	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb46e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.091 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca98',
    500: '#bdb46e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb46e;
$custom-light: #d2ca98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb46e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76157,
    "c": 0.09143,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB46E

secondary

#B4B7D3

accent

#67CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB46E

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

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