#BDB258#BDB258

#BDB258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB258
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -7.97, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 47.48, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0241 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.113 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6693, 43.3655, 15.5641)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB258 #5863BD

analogous

#BD8058 #BDB258 #96BD58

triadic

#BDB258 #58BDB2 #B258BD

tetradic

#BDB258 #58BD80 #5863BD #BD5896

square

#BDB258 #58BD80 #5863BD #BD5896

split-complementary

#BDB258 #5896BD #8058BD

monochromatic

#6F682C #9B903D #BDB258 #CEC684 #E0DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB258

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB258	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)

#C0AD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88a',
    500: '#bdb258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb258;
$custom-light: #d3c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB258

secondary

#A3A8CE

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB258

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

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