#BDB356#BDB356

#BDB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB356
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -8.65, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 48.83, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0263 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.115 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7873, 43.7322, 15.2003)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB356 #5660BD

analogous

#BD8056 #BDB356 #94BD56

triadic

#BDB356 #56BDB3 #B356BD

tetradic

#BDB356 #56BD80 #5660BD #BD5694

square

#BDB356 #56BD80 #5660BD #BD5694

split-complementary

#BDB356 #5694BD #8056BD

monochromatic

#6E672B #9A913C #BDB356 #CEC782 #DFDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB356

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB356	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c988',
    500: '#bdb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb356;
$custom-light: #d3c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.175,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB356

secondary

#A1A6CD

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB356

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

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