#BDB152#BDB152

#BDB152 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB152
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -7.93, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 49.92, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0247 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.117 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2327, 42.8737, 14.2425)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB152 #525EBD

analogous

#BD7B52 #BDB152 #93BD52

triadic

#BDB152 #52BDB1 #B152BD

tetradic

#BDB152 #52BD7B #525EBD #BD5293

square

#BDB152 #52BD7B #525EBD #BD5293

split-complementary

#BDB152 #5293BD #7B52BD

monochromatic

#6C6429 #988D3A #BDB152 #CEC57E #DFD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDB152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB152

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB152	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)

#BFAC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c886',
    500: '#bdb152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb152;
$custom-light: #d3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB152

secondary

#9EA4CC

accent

#62D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB152

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

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