#BDB059#BDB059

#BDB059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB059
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -6.83, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 46.22, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0208 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.11 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3160, 42.5921, 15.6520)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB059 #5966BD

analogous

#BD7E59 #BDB059 #98BD59

triadic

#BDB059 #59BDB0 #B059BD

tetradic

#BDB059 #59BD7E #5966BD #BD5998

square

#BDB059 #59BD7E #5966BD #BD5998

split-complementary

#BDB059 #5998BD #7E59BD

monochromatic

#6F672C #9B8F3E #BDB059 #CEC585 #E0DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB059

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB059	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c78a',
    500: '#bdb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb059;
$custom-light: #d3c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75004,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB059

secondary

#A4A9CE

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB059

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

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