#BDB76F#BDB76F

#BDB76F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.094 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB76F
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -8.36, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 38.24, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.023 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.094 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7897, 45.8345, 21.7341)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB76F #6F75BD

analogous

#BD906F #BDB76F #9CBD6F

triadic

#BDB76F #6FBDB7 #B76FBD

tetradic

#BDB76F #6FBD90 #6F75BD #BD6F9C

square

#BDB76F #6FBD90 #6F75BD #BD6F9C

split-complementary

#BDB76F #6F9CBD #906FBD

monochromatic

#7A7538 #A49D4B #BDB76F #D0CC99 #E3E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB76F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BDB76F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB76F

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB76F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB76F	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb76f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.094 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc99',
    500: '#bdb76f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb76f;
$custom-light: #d2cc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb76f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB76F

secondary

#B5B7D3

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB76F

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

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