#BDB85D#BDB85D

#BDB85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB85D
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -10.65, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 47.57, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0313 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.114 106)
XYZ	xyz(40.1036, 45.8913, 17.0992)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB85D #5D62BD

analogous

#BD885D #BDB85D #92BD5D

triadic

#BDB85D #5DBDB8 #B85DBD

tetradic

#BDB85D #5DBD88 #5D62BD #BD5D92

square

#BDB85D #5DBD88 #5D62BD #BD5D92

split-complementary

#BDB85D #5D92BD #885DBD

monochromatic

#716E2E #9D9840 #BDB85D #CFCB88 #E0DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BDB85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB85D

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB85D	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd8d',
    500: '#bdb85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb85d;
$custom-light: #d3cd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76764,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.4589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB85D

secondary

#A7A9CF

accent

#5CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB85D

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

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