HEX atlas value

#BDB76B

#BDB76B is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Dark Khaki. RGB 189, 183, 107, HSL 56° 38% 58%, luminance 0.4575; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm earth-tone

#BDB76B Sample readable text

HEX #BDB76B

RGB rgb(189, 183, 107)

HSL hsl(56 38% 58%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 43, 26)

Luminance 0.4575

Contrast Black 10.15:1White 2.07:1

CSS

--color-bdb76b: #BDB76B;
.background-bdb76b { background-color: #BDB76B; }
.text-bdb76b { color: #BDB76B; }

HEX meaning and use

About #BDB76B

#BDB76B is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #BDB76B is visually closest to Dark Khaki, a named yellow color with HEX #BDB76B.

The RGB channels are 189, 183, and 107, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 56deg with 38% saturation and 58% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.4575, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.15:1AA Pass

White text2.07:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #BDB76B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.15:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.07:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D9D6AB#D9D6AB · #000000 text · best 14.16:1 #D4CC54#D4CC54 · #000000 text · best 12.56:1 Bamboo#C7B56E · #000000 text · best 10.26:1 Sand#C2B280 · #000000 text · best 9.97:1 #99BD6B#99BD6B · #000000 text · best 9.85:1

Generated Palette

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

#6B71BD#6B71BD

#BD8E6B#BD8E6B

#99BD6B#99BD6B

#D9D6AB#D9D6AB

#8D883F#8D883F

Color Harmonies

#6B71BD#6B71BD

#BD8E6B#BD8E6B

#99BD6B#99BD6B

#6BBDB7#6BBDB7

#B76BBD#B76BBD

Variants

#D9D6AB#D9D6AB

#8D883F#8D883F

#D4CC54#D4CC54

#A5A383#A5A383

#DEDCCA#DEDCCA

#FFF352#FFF352

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Bamboo#C7B56E

Sandstone#C9AE74

Ecru#C2B280

Sand#C2B280

Luminance0.4575

Black text10.15:1AA Pass

White text2.07:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#BDB76B","rgb":[189,183,107],"hsl":[56,38,58],"cmyk":[0,3,43,26],"luminance":0.4575,"contrast":{"black":10.15,"white":2.07}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.15,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.07,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D9D6AB","hex":"#D9D6AB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.16,"contrastWhite":1.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#D4CC54","hex":"#D4CC54","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.56,"contrastWhite":1.67,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Bamboo","hex":"#C7B56E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.26,"contrastWhite":2.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.97,"contrastWhite":2.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#99BD6B","hex":"#99BD6B","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.85,"contrastWhite":2.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Dark Khaki adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/bdb76b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-khaki.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bamboo.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandstone.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6B71BD","analogous":["#BD8E6B","#99BD6B"],"triadic":["#6BBDB7","#B76BBD"],"tetradic":["#6BBD8E","#6B71BD","#BD6B99"],"splitComplementary":["#6B99BD","#8E6BBD"],"monochromatic":["#D9D6AB","#BDB76B","#8D883F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D9D6AB","dark":"#8D883F","saturated":"#D4CC54","desaturated":"#A5A383","pastel":"#DEDCCA","neon":"#FFF352"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-khaki","name":"Dark Khaki","hex":"#BDB76B","distance":0},{"slug":"bamboo","name":"Bamboo","hex":"#C7B56E","distance":10.63014581273465},{"slug":"sandstone","name":"Sandstone","hex":"#C9AE74","distance":17.4928556845359},{"slug":"ecru","name":"Ecru","hex":"#C2B280","distance":22.15851980616034},{"slug":"sand","name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","distance":22.15851980616034}]

#BDB76B

CSS

About #BDB76B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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