#BDB157#BDB157

#BDB157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB157
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -7.53, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 47.57, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.023 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.113 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4299, 42.9526, 15.2813)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB157 #5763BD

analogous

#BD7E57 #BDB157 #96BD57

triadic

#BDB157 #57BDB1 #B157BD

tetradic

#BDB157 #57BD7E #5763BD #BD5796

square

#BDB157 #57BD7E #5763BD #BD5796

split-complementary

#BDB157 #5796BD #7E57BD

monochromatic

#6E662B #9A8F3D #BDB157 #CEC583 #E0DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB157

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB157	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)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c889',
    500: '#bdb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb157;
$custom-light: #d3c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB157

secondary

#A2A7CE

accent

#63D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB157

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

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