#BDB76E#BDB76E

#BDB76E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.095 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB76E
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -8.47, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 38.75, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0234 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.095 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7350, 45.8126, 21.4457)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB76E #6E74BD

analogous

#BD8F6E #BDB76E #9BBD6E

triadic

#BDB76E #6EBDB7 #B76EBD

tetradic

#BDB76E #6EBD8F #6E74BD #BD6E9B

square

#BDB76E #6EBD8F #6E74BD #BD6E9B

split-complementary

#BDB76E #6E9BBD #8F6EBD

monochromatic

#797437 #A39D4A #BDB76E #D0CC98 #E3E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB76E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BDB76E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB76E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB76E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB76E	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)

#C3B268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb76e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.095 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc99',
    500: '#bdb76e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb76e;
$custom-light: #d2cc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb76e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB76E

secondary

#B4B6D3

accent

#63CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB76E

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

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