#BDB354#BDB354

#BDB354 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB354
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 84)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -8.81, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 49.77, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.027 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.117 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7078, 43.7004, 14.7818)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB354 #545EBD

analogous

#BD7E54 #BDB354 #92BD54

triadic

#BDB354 #54BDB3 #B354BD

tetradic

#BDB354 #54BD7E #545EBD #BD5492

square

#BDB354 #54BD7E #545EBD #BD5492

split-complementary

#BDB354 #5492BD #7E54BD

monochromatic

#6D662A #99903B #BDB354 #CEC780 #DFDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB354 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB354 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB354

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB354	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB354	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)

#C1AE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb354;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c987',
    500: '#bdb354',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb354;
$custom-light: #d3c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb354",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75582,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB354

secondary

#A0A4CD

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB354

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

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