#BDBD66#BDBD66

#BDBD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.110 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD66
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -12.39, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 45.43, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0353 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.11 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5830, 48.1743, 19.6759)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD66 #6666BD

analogous

#BD9266 #BDBD66 #92BD66

triadic

#BDBD66 #66BDBD #BD66BD

tetradic

#BDBD66 #66BD92 #6666BD #BD6692

square

#BDBD66 #66BD92 #6666BD #BD6692

split-complementary

#BDBD66 #6692BD #9266BD

monochromatic

#767633 #A1A145 #BDBD66 #CFCF91 #E2E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDBD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD66

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD66	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#C9B75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.110 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d093',
    500: '#bdbd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd66;
$custom-light: #d2d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7796,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD66

secondary

#AEAED1

accent

#58D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD66

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

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