#BDB85E#BDB85E

#BDB85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB85E
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -10.56, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 47.09, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0309 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.113 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1482, 45.9091, 17.3340)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB85E #5E63BD

analogous

#BD885E #BDB85E #92BD5E

triadic

#BDB85E #5EBDB8 #B85EBD

tetradic

#BDB85E #5EBD88 #5E63BD #BD5E92

square

#BDB85E #5EBD88 #5E63BD #BD5E92

split-complementary

#BDB85E #5E92BD #885EBD

monochromatic

#726E2F #9D9840 #BDB85E #CFCB89 #E1DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BDB85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB85E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB85E	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)

#C5B256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd8e',
    500: '#bdb85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb85e;
$custom-light: #d3cd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76777,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB85E

secondary

#A8AACF

accent

#5DD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB85E

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

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