#BDB968#BDB968

#BDB968 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.104 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB968
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 104)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -10.13, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 42.65, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0287 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.104 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8348, 46.5173, 19.9217)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB968 #686CBD

analogous

#BD8E68 #BDB968 #97BD68

triadic

#BDB968 #68BDB9 #B968BD

tetradic

#BDB968 #68BD8E #686CBD #BD6897

square

#BDB968 #68BD8E #686CBD #BD6897

split-complementary

#BDB968 #6897BD #8E68BD

monochromatic

#777434 #A19D47 #BDB968 #D0CD93 #E2E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDB968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB968

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB968	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B76C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.104 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd95',
    500: '#bdb968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb968;
$custom-light: #d2cd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7713,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB968

secondary

#AFB1D2

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB968

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

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