#BDB25A#BDB25A

#BDB25A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB25A
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -7.80, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 46.53, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0234 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.111 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7533, 43.3991, 16.0064)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB25A #5A65BD

analogous

#BD805A #BDB25A #97BD5A

triadic

#BDB25A #5ABDB2 #B25ABD

tetradic

#BDB25A #5ABD80 #5A65BD #BD5A97

square

#BDB25A #5ABD80 #5A65BD #BD5A97

split-complementary

#BDB25A #5A97BD #805ABD

monochromatic

#70682D #9C913E #BDB25A #CEC686 #E0DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB25A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB25A	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)

#C0AD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88b',
    500: '#bdb25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb25a;
$custom-light: #d3c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB25A

secondary

#A5A9CE

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB25A

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

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