#BDBA69#BDBA69

#BDBA69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.104 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA69
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 105)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -10.55, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 42.60, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0298 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.104 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0958, 46.9576, 20.2608)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA69 #696CBD

analogous

#BD9069 #BDBA69 #96BD69

triadic

#BDBA69 #69BDBA #BA69BD

tetradic

#BDBA69 #69BD90 #696CBD #BD6996

square

#BDBA69 #69BD90 #696CBD #BD6996

split-complementary

#BDBA69 #6996BD #9069BD

monochromatic

#777534 #A29E47 #BDBA69 #D0CE93 #E2E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BDBA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA69

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA69	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.104 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce95',
    500: '#bdba69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba69;
$custom-light: #d2ce95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA69

secondary

#B0B1D2

accent

#5DCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA69

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

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