#BDB053#BDB053

#BDB053 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB053
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -7.33, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 49.07, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0229 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0742, 42.4954, 14.3788)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB053 #5360BD

analogous

#BD7B53 #BDB053 #95BD53

triadic

#BDB053 #53BDB0 #B053BD

tetradic

#BDB053 #53BD7B #5360BD #BD5395

square

#BDB053 #53BD7B #5360BD #BD5395

split-complementary

#BDB053 #5395BD #7B53BD

monochromatic

#6C6429 #988D3A #BDB053 #CEC47F #DFD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDB053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB053

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB053	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)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c786',
    500: '#bdb053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb053;
$custom-light: #d3c786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB053

secondary

#9FA5CD

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB053

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

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