#BDB150#BDB150

#BDB150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB150
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -8.08, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 50.84, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0254 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.119 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1577, 42.8437, 13.8476)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB150 #505CBD

analogous

#BD7A50 #BDB150 #93BD50

triadic

#BDB150 #50BDB1 #B150BD

tetradic

#BDB150 #50BD7A #505CBD #BD5093

square

#BDB150 #50BD7A #505CBD #BD5093

split-complementary

#BDB150 #5093BD #7A50BD

monochromatic

#6A6328 #978D39 #BDB150 #CEC57C #DFD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDB150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB150

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB150	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c884',
    500: '#bdb150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb150;
$custom-light: #d3c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB150

secondary

#9DA2CC

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB150

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

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