#BDB351#BDB351

#BDB351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB351
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -9.05, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 51.16, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.028 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.12 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5928, 43.6544, 14.1762)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB351 #515BBD

analogous

#BD7D51 #BDB351 #91BD51

triadic

#BDB351 #51BDB3 #B351BD

tetradic

#BDB351 #51BD7D #515BBD #BD5191

square

#BDB351 #51BD7D #515BBD #BD5191

split-complementary

#BDB351 #5191BD #7D51BD

monochromatic

#6B6529 #978F39 #BDB351 #CEC67D #DFDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BDB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB351

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB351	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c985',
    500: '#bdb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb351;
$custom-light: #d3c985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75547,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB351

secondary

#9EA2CC

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB351

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

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