#BDB159#BDB159

#BDB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB159
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -7.36, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 46.61, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0223 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.111 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5128, 42.9857, 15.7176)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB159 #5965BD

analogous

#BD7F59 #BDB159 #97BD59

triadic

#BDB159 #59BDB1 #B159BD

tetradic

#BDB159 #59BD7F #5965BD #BD5997

square

#BDB159 #59BD7F #5965BD #BD5997

split-complementary

#BDB159 #5997BD #7F59BD

monochromatic

#6F672C #9B903E #BDB159 #CEC685 #E0DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB159

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB159	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88a',
    500: '#bdb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb159;
$custom-light: #d3c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75217,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB159

secondary

#A4A9CE

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB159

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

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