#BDB565#BDB565

#BDB565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.102 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB565
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -8.35, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 42.39, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0239 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.102 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8601, 44.8073, 18.8584)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB565 #656DBD

analogous

#BD8965 #BDB565 #99BD65

triadic

#BDB565 #65BDB5 #B565BD

tetradic

#BDB565 #65BD89 #656DBD #BD6599

square

#BDB565 #65BD89 #656DBD #BD6599

split-complementary

#BDB565 #6599BD #8965BD

monochromatic

#756F32 #A09845 #BDB565 #CFCA90 #E2DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB565

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB565	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.102 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb92',
    500: '#bdb565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb565;
$custom-light: #d2cb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76232,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB565

secondary

#ADB0D1

accent

#63D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB565

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

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