#BDB95E#BDB95E

#BDB95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB95E
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -11.08, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 47.52, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0324 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.114 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3566, 46.3260, 17.4034)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB95E #5E62BD

analogous

#BD8A5E #BDB95E #91BD5E

triadic

#BDB95E #5EBDB9 #B95EBD

tetradic

#BDB95E #5EBD8A #5E62BD #BD5E91

square

#BDB95E #5EBD8A #5E62BD #BD5E91

split-complementary

#BDB95E #5E91BD #8A5EBD

monochromatic

#726F2F #9D9940 #BDB95E #CFCC89 #E1DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDB95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB95E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB95E	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd8e',
    500: '#bdb95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb95e;
$custom-light: #d3cd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76992,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB95E

secondary

#A8A9CF

accent

#5BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB95E

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

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