#BDB65D#BDB65D

#BDB65D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB65D
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -9.62, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 46.72, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0283 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.112 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6911, 45.0662, 16.9617)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB65D #5D64BD

analogous

#BD865D #BDB65D #94BD5D

triadic

#BDB65D #5DBDB6 #B65DBD

tetradic

#BDB65D #5DBD86 #5D64BD #BD5D94

square

#BDB65D #5DBD86 #5D64BD #BD5D94

split-complementary

#BDB65D #5D94BD #865DBD

monochromatic

#716C2E #9D9640 #BDB65D #CFCA88 #E0DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BDB65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB65D

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB65D	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb8d',
    500: '#bdb65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb65d;
$custom-light: #d3cb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76335,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB65D

secondary

#A7AACF

accent

#5FD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB65D

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

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