#BDB35D#BDB35D

#BDB35D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB35D
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -8.05, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 45.48, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0238 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.109 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0833, 43.8506, 16.7591)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB35D #5D67BD

analogous

#BD835D #BDB35D #97BD5D

triadic

#BDB35D #5DBDB3 #B35DBD

tetradic

#BDB35D #5DBD83 #5D67BD #BD5D97

square

#BDB35D #5DBD83 #5D67BD #BD5D97

split-complementary

#BDB35D #5D97BD #835DBD

monochromatic

#716A2E #9D9340 #BDB35D #CFC788 #E0DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB35D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB35D	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c98d',
    500: '#bdb35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb35d;
$custom-light: #d3c98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75694,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB35D

secondary

#A7ABCF

accent

#63D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB35D

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

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