#BDBB65#BDBB65

#BDBB65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.109 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB65
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -11.46, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 45.02, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0328 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.109 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1064, 47.3001, 19.2738)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB65 #6567BD

analogous

#BD8F65 #BDBB65 #93BD65

triadic

#BDBB65 #65BDBB #BB65BD

tetradic

#BDBB65 #65BD8F #6567BD #BD6593

square

#BDBB65 #65BD8F #6567BD #BD6593

split-complementary

#BDBB65 #6593BD #8F65BD

monochromatic

#757432 #A09E45 #BDBB65 #CFCE90 #E2E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDBB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB65

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB65	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.109 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf93',
    500: '#bdbb65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb65;
$custom-light: #d2cf93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77516,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB65

secondary

#ADAED1

accent

#5BD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB65

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

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