#BDB96E#BDB96E

#BDB96E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.097 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB96E
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -9.51, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 39.65, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0264 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.097 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1504, 46.6435, 21.5842)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB96E #6E72BD

analogous

#BD916E #BDB96E #99BD6E

triadic

#BDB96E #6EBDB9 #B96EBD

tetradic

#BDB96E #6EBD91 #6E72BD #BD6E99

square

#BDB96E #6EBD91 #6E72BD #BD6E99

split-complementary

#BDB96E #6E99BD #916EBD

monochromatic

#797637 #A39F4A #BDB96E #D0CD98 #E3E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDB96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB96E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB96E	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.097 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd99',
    500: '#bdb96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb96e;
$custom-light: #d2cd99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77221,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB96E

secondary

#B4B5D3

accent

#60CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB96E

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

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