#BDB057#BDB057

#BDB057 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB057
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -7.00, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 47.18, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0215 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.112 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2331, 42.5590, 15.2157)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB057 #5764BD

analogous

#BD7D57 #BDB057 #97BD57

triadic

#BDB057 #57BDB0 #B057BD

tetradic

#BDB057 #57BD7D #5764BD #BD5797

square

#BDB057 #57BD7D #5764BD #BD5797

split-complementary

#BDB057 #5797BD #7D57BD

monochromatic

#6E662B #9A8E3D #BDB057 #CEC583 #E0D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDB057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB057

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB057	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c789',
    500: '#bdb057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb057;
$custom-light: #d3c789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB057

secondary

#A2A8CE

accent

#65D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB057

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

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