#BDB65E#BDB65E

#BDB65E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB65E
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -9.53, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 46.24, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.028 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.111 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7356, 45.0841, 17.1965)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB65E #5E65BD

analogous

#BD865E #BDB65E #94BD5E

triadic

#BDB65E #5EBDB6 #B65EBD

tetradic

#BDB65E #5EBD86 #5E65BD #BD5E94

square

#BDB65E #5EBD86 #5E65BD #BD5E94

split-complementary

#BDB65E #5E94BD #865EBD

monochromatic

#726D2F #9D9640 #BDB65E #CFCA89 #E1DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BDB65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB65E

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB65E	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb8e',
    500: '#bdb65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb65e;
$custom-light: #d3cb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB65E

secondary

#A8ABCF

accent

#5FD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB65E

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

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