#BDB76A#BDB76A

#BDB76A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.099 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB76A
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 43.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -8.89, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 40.76, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.025 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.099 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5221, 45.7275, 20.3246)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB76A #6A70BD

analogous

#BD8E6A #BDB76A #99BD6A

triadic

#BDB76A #6ABDB7 #B76ABD

tetradic

#BDB76A #6ABD8E #6A70BD #BD6A99

square

#BDB76A #6ABD8E #6A70BD #BD6A99

split-complementary

#BDB76A #6A99BD #8E6ABD

monochromatic

#787335 #A29C48 #BDB76A #D0CB94 #E3E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB76A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDB76A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB76A

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB76A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB76A	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb76a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.099 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc96',
    500: '#bdb76a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb76a;
$custom-light: #d2cc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb76a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 38.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76732,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB76A

secondary

#B1B3D2

accent

#62CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB76A

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

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