#BDB151#BDB151

#BDB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB151
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -8.01, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 50.38, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.025 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1949, 42.8586, 14.0436)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB151 #515DBD

analogous

#BD7B51 #BDB151 #93BD51

triadic

#BDB151 #51BDB1 #B151BD

tetradic

#BDB151 #51BD7B #515DBD #BD5193

square

#BDB151 #51BD7B #515DBD #BD5193

split-complementary

#BDB151 #5193BD #7B51BD

monochromatic

#6B6429 #978D39 #BDB151 #CEC57D #DFD9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB151

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB151	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)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c885',
    500: '#bdb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb151;
$custom-light: #d3c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7512,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB151

secondary

#9EA3CC

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB151

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

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