#BDBA61#BDBA61

#BDBA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA61
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -11.32, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 46.51, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0328 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.112 107)
XYZ	xyz(40.7038, 46.8008, 18.1962)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA61 #6164BD

analogous

#BD8C61 #BDBA61 #92BD61

triadic

#BDBA61 #61BDBA #BA61BD

tetradic

#BDBA61 #61BD8C #6164BD #BD6192

square

#BDBA61 #61BD8C #6164BD #BD6192

split-complementary

#BDBA61 #6192BD #8C61BD

monochromatic

#737130 #9F9C42 #BDBA61 #CFCD8C #E1E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDBA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA61

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA61	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce90',
    500: '#bdba61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba61;
$custom-light: #d3ce90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.043,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA61

secondary

#AAABD0

accent

#5BD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA61

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

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