#BDB254#BDB254

#BDB254 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB254
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -8.29, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 49.37, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0255 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.116 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5081, 43.3011, 14.7153)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB254 #545FBD

analogous

#BD7D54 #BDB254 #93BD54

triadic

#BDB254 #54BDB2 #B254BD

tetradic

#BDB254 #54BD7D #545FBD #BD5493

square

#BDB254 #54BD7D #545FBD #BD5493

split-complementary

#BDB254 #5493BD #7D54BD

monochromatic

#6D662A #998F3B #BDB254 #CEC680 #DFDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB254

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB254	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)

#C0AD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c887',
    500: '#bdb254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb254;
$custom-light: #d3c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB254

secondary

#A0A5CD

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB254

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

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