#BDB05D#BDB05D

#BDB05D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.106 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB05D
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -6.48, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 44.28, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0193 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.106 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4885, 42.6612, 16.5608)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB05D #5D6ABD

analogous

#BD805D #BDB05D #9ABD5D

triadic

#BDB05D #5DBDB0 #B05DBD

tetradic

#BDB05D #5DBD80 #5D6ABD #BD5D9A

square

#BDB05D #5DBD80 #5D6ABD #BD5D9A

split-complementary

#BDB05D #5D9ABD #805DBD

monochromatic

#71682E #9D9040 #BDB05D #CFC588 #E0DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDB05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB05D

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB05D	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)

#BEAC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.106 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c78d',
    500: '#bdb05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb05d;
$custom-light: #d3c78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75057,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB05D

secondary

#A7ACCF

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB05D

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

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