#BDB252#BDB252

#BDB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB252
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -8.45, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 50.31, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0262 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.118 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4309, 43.2702, 14.3086)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB252 #525DBD

analogous

#BD7C52 #BDB252 #92BD52

triadic

#BDB252 #52BDB2 #B252BD

tetradic

#BDB252 #52BD7C #525DBD #BD5292

square

#BDB252 #52BD7C #525DBD #BD5292

split-complementary

#BDB252 #5292BD #7C52BD

monochromatic

#6C6529 #988E3A #BDB252 #CEC67E #DFD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB252

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB252	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)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c886',
    500: '#bdb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb252;
$custom-light: #d3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB252

secondary

#9EA3CC

accent

#61D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB252

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

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