#BDB253#BDB253

#BDB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB253
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -8.37, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 49.84, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0259 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.117 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4693, 43.2855, 14.5105)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB253 #535EBD

analogous

#BD7D53 #BDB253 #93BD53

triadic

#BDB253 #53BDB2 #B253BD

tetradic

#BDB253 #53BD7D #535EBD #BD5393

square

#BDB253 #53BD7D #535EBD #BD5393

split-complementary

#BDB253 #5393BD #7D53BD

monochromatic

#6C6529 #988F3A #BDB253 #CEC67F #DFDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB253

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB253	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c886',
    500: '#bdb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb253;
$custom-light: #d3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75357,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB253

secondary

#9FA4CD

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB253

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

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