#BDB85B#BDB85B

#BDB85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB85B
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -10.82, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 48.52, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.032 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.116 106)
XYZ	xyz(40.0162, 45.8563, 16.6387)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB85B #5B60BD

analogous

#BD875B #BDB85B #91BD5B

triadic

#BDB85B #5BBDB8 #B85BBD

tetradic

#BDB85B #5BBD87 #5B60BD #BD5B91

square

#BDB85B #5BBD87 #5B60BD #BD5B91

split-complementary

#BDB85B #5B91BD #875BBD

monochromatic

#706D2D #9C973F #BDB85B #CFCB87 #E0DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BDB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB85B

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB85B	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C5B252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd8c',
    500: '#bdb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb85b;
$custom-light: #d3cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76739,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.45855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB85B

secondary

#A5A7CF

accent

#5CD255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB85B

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

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