#BDB359#BDB359

#BDB359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB359
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -8.40, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 47.41, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0253 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.113 103)
XYZ	xyz(38.9107, 43.7816, 15.8503)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB359 #5963BD

analogous

#BD8159 #BDB359 #95BD59

triadic

#BDB359 #59BDB3 #B359BD

tetradic

#BDB359 #59BD81 #5963BD #BD5995

square

#BDB359 #59BD81 #5963BD #BD5995

split-complementary

#BDB359 #5995BD #8159BD

monochromatic

#6F692C #9B923E #BDB359 #CEC785 #E0DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB359

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB359	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c98a',
    500: '#bdb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb359;
$custom-light: #d3c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75643,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.4378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB359

secondary

#A4A8CE

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB359

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

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