#BDB561#BDB561

#BDB561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.107 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB561
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -8.73, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 44.36, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0254 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.107 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6688, 44.7308, 17.8512)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB561 #6169BD

analogous

#BD8761 #BDB561 #97BD61

triadic

#BDB561 #61BDB5 #B561BD

tetradic

#BDB561 #61BD87 #6169BD #BD6197

square

#BDB561 #61BD87 #6169BD #BD6197

split-complementary

#BDB561 #6197BD #8761BD

monochromatic

#736E30 #9F9742 #BDB561 #CFC98C #E1DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB561

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB561	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.107 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb90',
    500: '#bdb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb561;
$custom-light: #d3cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76175,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB561

secondary

#AAADD0

accent

#62D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB561

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

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