#BDB46F#BDB46F

#BDB46F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.090 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB46F
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 111)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 41.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -6.80, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 36.93, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0185 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.09 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1776, 44.6102, 21.5300)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB46F #6F78BD

analogous

#BD8D6F #BDB46F #9FBD6F

triadic

#BDB46F #6FBDB4 #B46FBD

tetradic

#BDB46F #6FBD8D #6F78BD #BD6F9F

square

#BDB46F #6FBD8D #6F78BD #BD6F9F

split-complementary

#BDB46F #6F9FBD #8D6FBD

monochromatic

#7A7238 #A49A4B #BDB46F #D0CA99 #E3E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB46F

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB46F	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)

#C0B06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.090 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca99',
    500: '#bdb46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb46f;
$custom-light: #d2ca99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76173,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB46F

secondary

#B5B8D3

accent

#68CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB46F

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

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