#BDB562#BDB562

#BDB562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.106 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB562
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -8.64, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 43.87, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.025 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.106 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7157, 44.7496, 18.0984)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB562 #626ABD

analogous

#BD8862 #BDB562 #98BD62

triadic

#BDB562 #62BDB5 #B562BD

tetradic

#BDB562 #62BD88 #626ABD #BD6298

square

#BDB562 #62BD88 #626ABD #BD6298

split-complementary

#BDB562 #6298BD #8862BD

monochromatic

#746E31 #9F9743 #BDB562 #CFC98D #E1DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDB562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB562

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB562	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)

#C2B05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.106 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb90',
    500: '#bdb562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb562;
$custom-light: #d3cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB562

secondary

#ABAED0

accent

#62D157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB562

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

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