#BDB259#BDB259

#BDB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB259
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -7.88, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 47.01, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0238 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.112 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7110, 43.3822, 15.7837)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB259 #5964BD

analogous

#BD8059 #BDB259 #96BD59

triadic

#BDB259 #59BDB2 #B259BD

tetradic

#BDB259 #59BD80 #5964BD #BD5996

square

#BDB259 #59BD80 #5964BD #BD5996

split-complementary

#BDB259 #5996BD #8059BD

monochromatic

#6F682C #9B913E #BDB259 #CEC685 #E0DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB259

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB259	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88a',
    500: '#bdb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb259;
$custom-light: #d3c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75429,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB259

secondary

#A4A8CE

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB259

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

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