#BDB05B#BDB05B

#BDB05B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.108 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB05B
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -6.66, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 45.25, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0201 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.108 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4011, 42.6262, 16.1004)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB05B #5B68BD

analogous

#BD7F5B #BDB05B #99BD5B

triadic

#BDB05B #5BBDB0 #B05BBD

tetradic

#BDB05B #5BBD7F #5B68BD #BD5B99

square

#BDB05B #5BBD7F #5B68BD #BD5B99

split-complementary

#BDB05B #5B99BD #7F5BBD

monochromatic

#70672D #9C903F #BDB05B #CFC587 #E0DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDB05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB05B

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB05B	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.108 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c78b',
    500: '#bdb05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb05b;
$custom-light: #d3c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.041,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB05B

secondary

#A5ABCF

accent

#66D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB05B

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

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