#BDB154#BDB154

#BDB154 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB154
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 84)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -7.77, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 48.98, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.024 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.115 102)
XYZ	xyz(38.3099, 42.9046, 14.6492)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB154 #5460BD

analogous

#BD7C54 #BDB154 #94BD54

triadic

#BDB154 #54BDB1 #B154BD

tetradic

#BDB154 #54BD7C #5460BD #BD5494

square

#BDB154 #54BD7C #5460BD #BD5494

split-complementary

#BDB154 #5494BD #7C54BD

monochromatic

#6D652A #998E3B #BDB154 #CEC580 #DFD9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDB154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB154

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB154	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)

#BFAC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c887',
    500: '#bdb154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb154;
$custom-light: #d3c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75155,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.42903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB154

secondary

#A0A5CD

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB154

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

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