#BDB156#BDB156

#BDB156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB156
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -7.61, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 48.04, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0233 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3894, 42.9364, 15.0677)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB156 #5662BD

analogous

#BD7E56 #BDB156 #96BD56

triadic

#BDB156 #56BDB1 #B156BD

tetradic

#BDB156 #56BD7E #5662BD #BD5696

square

#BDB156 #56BD7E #5662BD #BD5696

split-complementary

#BDB156 #5696BD #7E56BD

monochromatic

#6E662B #9A8F3C #BDB156 #CEC582 #DFDAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB156

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB156	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c888',
    500: '#bdb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb156;
$custom-light: #d3c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB156

secondary

#A1A7CD

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB156

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

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