#BDBA65#BDBA65

#BDBA65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.108 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA65
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -10.94, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 44.57, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0313 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.108 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8950, 46.8773, 19.2034)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA65 #6568BD

analogous

#BD8E65 #BDBA65 #94BD65

triadic

#BDBA65 #65BDBA #BA65BD

tetradic

#BDBA65 #65BD8E #6568BD #BD6594

square

#BDBA65 #65BD8E #6568BD #BD6594

split-complementary

#BDBA65 #6594BD #8E65BD

monochromatic

#757332 #A09D45 #BDBA65 #CFCD90 #E2E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDBA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA65

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA65	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.108 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce93',
    500: '#bdba65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba65;
$custom-light: #d2ce93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77301,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA65

secondary

#ADAED1

accent

#5CD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA65

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

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