#BDB25B#BDB25B

#BDB25B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB25B
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -7.71, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 46.04, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0231 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.11 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7961, 43.4163, 16.2321)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB25B #5B66BD

analogous

#BD815B #BDB25B #97BD5B

triadic

#BDB25B #5BBDB2 #B25BBD

tetradic

#BDB25B #5BBD81 #5B66BD #BD5B97

square

#BDB25B #5BBD81 #5B66BD #BD5B97

split-complementary

#BDB25B #5B97BD #815BBD

monochromatic

#70692D #9C923F #BDB25B #CFC687 #E0DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB25B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB25B	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)

#C0AD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c88c',
    500: '#bdb25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb25b;
$custom-light: #d3c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.265,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75455,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB25B

secondary

#A5AACF

accent

#63D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB25B

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

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