#BDB051#BDB051

#BDB051 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB051
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -7.48, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 50.00, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0236 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9981, 42.4650, 13.9780)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB051 #515EBD

analogous

#BD7A51 #BDB051 #94BD51

triadic

#BDB051 #51BDB0 #B051BD

tetradic

#BDB051 #51BD7A #515EBD #BD5194

square

#BDB051 #51BD7A #515EBD #BD5194

split-complementary

#BDB051 #5194BD #7A51BD

monochromatic

#6B6329 #978C39 #BDB051 #CEC47D #DFD8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BDB051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB051

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB051	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)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c785',
    500: '#bdb051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb051;
$custom-light: #d3c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74907,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB051

secondary

#9EA3CC

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB051

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

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