#BDB960#BDB960

#BDB960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB960
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -10.90, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 46.56, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0317 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.112 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4475, 46.3624, 17.8822)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB960 #6064BD

analogous

#BD8A60 #BDB960 #92BD60

triadic

#BDB960 #60BDB9 #B960BD

tetradic

#BDB960 #60BD8A #6064BD #BD6092

square

#BDB960 #60BD8A #6064BD #BD6092

split-complementary

#BDB960 #6092BD #8A60BD

monochromatic

#737030 #9E9A42 #BDB960 #CFCC8B #E1DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDB960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB960

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB960	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C6B358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd8f',
    500: '#bdb960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb960;
$custom-light: #d3cd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.419,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB960

secondary

#A9ABD0

accent

#5CD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB960

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

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