#BDBD65#BDBD65

#BDBD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.111 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD65
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -12.48, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 45.92, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0357 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.111 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5337, 48.1545, 19.4162)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD65 #6565BD

analogous

#BD9165 #BDBD65 #91BD65

triadic

#BDBD65 #65BDBD #BD65BD

tetradic

#BDBD65 #65BD91 #6565BD #BD6591

square

#BDBD65 #65BD91 #6565BD #BD6591

split-complementary

#BDBD65 #6591BD #9165BD

monochromatic

#757532 #A0A045 #BDBD65 #CFCF90 #E2E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDBD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD65

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD65	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B75D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.111 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d093',
    500: '#bdbd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd65;
$custom-light: #d2d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77947,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD65

secondary

#ADADD1

accent

#58D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD65

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

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