#BDB95A#BDB95A

#BDB95A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB95A
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -11.43, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 49.42, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0338 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.118 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1818, 46.2561, 16.4825)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB95A #5A5EBD

analogous

#BD885A #BDB95A #8FBD5A

triadic

#BDB95A #5ABDB9 #B95ABD

tetradic

#BDB95A #5ABD88 #5A5EBD #BD5A8F

square

#BDB95A #5ABD88 #5A5EBD #BD5A8F

split-complementary

#BDB95A #5A8FBD #885ABD

monochromatic

#706D2D #9C983E #BDB95A #CECC86 #E0DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDB95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB95A

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB95A	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd8b',
    500: '#bdb95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb95a;
$custom-light: #d3cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB95A

secondary

#A5A6CE

accent

#5AD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB95A

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

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