#BDB158#BDB158

#BDB158 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB158
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -7.44, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 47.09, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0226 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.112 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4711, 42.9690, 15.4980)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB158 #5864BD

analogous

#BD7F58 #BDB158 #97BD58

triadic

#BDB158 #58BDB1 #B158BD

tetradic

#BDB158 #58BD7F #5864BD #BD5897

square

#BDB158 #58BD7F #5864BD #BD5897

split-complementary

#BDB158 #5897BD #7F58BD

monochromatic

#6F672C #9B903D #BDB158 #CEC584 #E0DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB158

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB158	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)

#BFAC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88a',
    500: '#bdb158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb158;
$custom-light: #d3c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB158

secondary

#A3A8CE

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB158

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

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