#BDB962#BDB962

#BDB962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB962
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -10.71, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 45.59, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0309 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.11 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5408, 46.3997, 18.3734)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB962 #6266BD

analogous

#BD8C62 #BDB962 #94BD62

triadic

#BDB962 #62BDB9 #B962BD

tetradic

#BDB962 #62BD8C #6266BD #BD6294

square

#BDB962 #62BD8C #6266BD #BD6294

split-complementary

#BDB962 #6294BD #8C62BD

monochromatic

#747131 #9F9B43 #BDB962 #CFCC8D #E1DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB962

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB962	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd91',
    500: '#bdb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb962;
$custom-light: #d3cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77045,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB962

secondary

#ABACD0

accent

#5CD157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB962

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

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