#BDBA5E#BDBA5E

#BDBA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA5E
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -11.59, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 47.96, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0339 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.115 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5665, 46.7459, 17.4734)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA5E #5E61BD

analogous

#BD8A5E #BDBA5E #90BD5E

triadic

#BDBA5E #5EBDBA #BA5EBD

tetradic

#BDBA5E #5EBD8A #5E61BD #BD5E90

square

#BDBA5E #5EBD8A #5E61BD #BD5E90

split-complementary

#BDBA5E #5E90BD #8A5EBD

monochromatic

#72702F #9D9A40 #BDBA5E #CFCD89 #E1DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BDBA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA5E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA5E	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce8e',
    500: '#bdba5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba5e;
$custom-light: #d3ce8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77207,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA5E

secondary

#A8A9CF

accent

#5AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA5E

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

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