#BDB353#BDB353

#BDB353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB353
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -8.89, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 50.23, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0274 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.118 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6690, 43.6849, 14.5770)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB353 #535DBD

analogous

#BD7E53 #BDB353 #92BD53

triadic

#BDB353 #53BDB3 #B353BD

tetradic

#BDB353 #53BD7E #535DBD #BD5392

square

#BDB353 #53BD7E #535DBD #BD5392

split-complementary

#BDB353 #5392BD #7E53BD

monochromatic

#6C6629 #988F3A #BDB353 #CEC77F #DFDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB353

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB353	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c986',
    500: '#bdb353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb353;
$custom-light: #d3c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7557,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB353

secondary

#9FA3CD

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB353

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

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