#BDB95F#BDB95F

#BDB95F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB95F
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -10.99, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 47.04, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.032 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.113 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4018, 46.3441, 17.6413)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB95F #5F63BD

analogous

#BD8A5F #BDB95F #92BD5F

triadic

#BDB95F #5FBDB9 #B95FBD

tetradic

#BDB95F #5FBD8A #5F63BD #BD5F92

square

#BDB95F #5FBD8A #5F63BD #BD5F92

split-complementary

#BDB95F #5F92BD #8A5FBD

monochromatic

#72702F #9E9A41 #BDB95F #CFCC8A #E1DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDB95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB95F

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB95F	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd8f',
    500: '#bdb95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb95f;
$custom-light: #d3cd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77005,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB95F

secondary

#A8AACF

accent

#5CD156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB95F

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

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