#BDB251#BDB251

#BDB251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB251
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -8.53, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 50.77, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0265 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.119 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3932, 43.2551, 14.1097)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB251 #515CBD

analogous

#BD7C51 #BDB251 #92BD51

triadic

#BDB251 #51BDB2 #B251BD

tetradic

#BDB251 #51BD7C #515CBD #BD5192

square

#BDB251 #51BD7C #515CBD #BD5192

split-complementary

#BDB251 #5192BD #7C51BD

monochromatic

#6B6429 #978E39 #BDB251 #CEC67D #DFD9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB251

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB251	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c885',
    500: '#bdb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb251;
$custom-light: #d3c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75334,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB251

secondary

#9EA2CC

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB251

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

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