#BDB050#BDB050

#BDB050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB050
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -7.56, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 50.46, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0239 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9609, 42.4501, 13.7820)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB050 #505DBD

analogous

#BD7950 #BDB050 #93BD50

triadic

#BDB050 #50BDB0 #B050BD

tetradic

#BDB050 #50BD79 #505DBD #BD5093

square

#BDB050 #50BD79 #505DBD #BD5093

split-complementary

#BDB050 #5093BD #7950BD

monochromatic

#6A6328 #978C39 #BDB050 #CEC47C #DFD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BDB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB050

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB050	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c784',
    500: '#bdb050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb050;
$custom-light: #d3c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74896,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB050

secondary

#9DA2CC

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB050

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

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