#BDB563#BDB563

#BDB563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB563
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -8.54, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 43.38, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0246 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.105 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7633, 44.7686, 18.3486)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB563 #636BBD

analogous

#BD8863 #BDB563 #98BD63

triadic

#BDB563 #63BDB5 #B563BD

tetradic

#BDB563 #63BD88 #636BBD #BD6398

square

#BDB563 #63BD88 #636BBD #BD6398

split-complementary

#BDB563 #6398BD #8863BD

monochromatic

#746E31 #9F9743 #BDB563 #CFC98E #E1DEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDB563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB563

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB563	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)

#C2B05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb91',
    500: '#bdb563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb563;
$custom-light: #d3cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76203,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB563

secondary

#ABAFD0

accent

#62D057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB563

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

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