#BDB352#BDB352

#BDB352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB352
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -8.97, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 50.70, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0277 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.119 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6306, 43.6696, 14.3752)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB352 #525CBD

analogous

#BD7E52 #BDB352 #91BD52

triadic

#BDB352 #52BDB3 #B352BD

tetradic

#BDB352 #52BD7E #525CBD #BD5291

square

#BDB352 #52BD7E #525CBD #BD5291

split-complementary

#BDB352 #5291BD #7E52BD

monochromatic

#6C6529 #988F3A #BDB352 #CEC67E #DFDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BDB352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB352

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB352	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)

#C1AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c986',
    500: '#bdb352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb352;
$custom-light: #d3c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB352

secondary

#9EA3CC

accent

#5FD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB352

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

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