#BDB153#BDB153

#BDB153 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB153
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -7.85, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 49.45, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0244 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2710, 42.8890, 14.4444)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB153 #535FBD

analogous

#BD7C53 #BDB153 #94BD53

triadic

#BDB153 #53BDB1 #B153BD

tetradic

#BDB153 #53BD7C #535FBD #BD5394

square

#BDB153 #53BD7C #535FBD #BD5394

split-complementary

#BDB153 #5394BD #7C53BD

monochromatic

#6C6529 #988E3A #BDB153 #CEC57F #DFD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDB153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB153

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB153	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c886',
    500: '#bdb153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb153;
$custom-light: #d3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75143,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB153

secondary

#9FA4CD

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB153

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

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