#BDB052#BDB052

#BDB052 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB052
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -7.41, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 49.53, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0232 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0359, 42.4801, 14.1769)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB052 #525FBD

analogous

#BD7A52 #BDB052 #94BD52

triadic

#BDB052 #52BDB0 #B052BD

tetradic

#BDB052 #52BD7A #525FBD #BD5294

square

#BDB052 #52BD7A #525FBD #BD5294

split-complementary

#BDB052 #5294BD #7A52BD

monochromatic

#6C6329 #988C3A #BDB052 #CEC47E #DFD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDB052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB052

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB052	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c786',
    500: '#bdb052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb052;
$custom-light: #d3c786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB052

secondary

#9EA4CC

accent

#63D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB052

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

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