#BDB357#BDB357

#BDB357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB357
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -8.57, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 48.36, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.026 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.115 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8279, 43.7485, 15.4140)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB357 #5761BD

analogous

#BD8057 #BDB357 #94BD57

triadic

#BDB357 #57BDB3 #B357BD

tetradic

#BDB357 #57BD80 #5761BD #BD5794

square

#BDB357 #57BD80 #5761BD #BD5794

split-complementary

#BDB357 #5794BD #8057BD

monochromatic

#6E682B #9A913D #BDB357 #CEC783 #E0DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB357

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB357	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)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c989',
    500: '#bdb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb357;
$custom-light: #d3c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75618,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB357

secondary

#A2A6CE

accent

#61D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB357

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

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