#BDB257#BDB257

#BDB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB257
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -8.05, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 47.96, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0245 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.114 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6282, 43.3491, 15.3474)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB257 #5762BD

analogous

#BD7F57 #BDB257 #95BD57

triadic

#BDB257 #57BDB2 #B257BD

tetradic

#BDB257 #57BD7F #5762BD #BD5795

square

#BDB257 #57BD7F #5762BD #BD5795

split-complementary

#BDB257 #5795BD #7F57BD

monochromatic

#6E672B #9A903D #BDB257 #CEC683 #E0DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB257

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB257	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c889',
    500: '#bdb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb257;
$custom-light: #d3c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB257

secondary

#A2A7CE

accent

#62D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB257

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

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