#BDB76D#BDB76D

#BDB76D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.096 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB76D
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -8.58, 38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 39.26, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0238 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.096 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6809, 45.7910, 21.1606)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB76D #6D73BD

analogous

#BD8F6D #BDB76D #9BBD6D

triadic

#BDB76D #6DBDB7 #B76DBD

tetradic

#BDB76D #6DBD8F #6D73BD #BD6D9B

square

#BDB76D #6DBD8F #6D73BD #BD6D9B

split-complementary

#BDB76D #6D9BBD #8F6DBD

monochromatic

#797437 #A39C4A #BDB76D #D0CC97 #E3E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB76D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BDB76D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB76D

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB76D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB76D	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb76d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.096 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc98',
    500: '#bdb76d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb76d;
$custom-light: #d2cc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb76d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76778,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB76D

secondary

#B3B5D3

accent

#63CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB76D

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

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