#BDB456#BDB456

#BDB456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB456
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -9.17, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 49.23, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0278 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.116 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9884, 44.1345, 15.2674)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB456 #565FBD

analogous

#BD8156 #BDB456 #93BD56

triadic

#BDB456 #56BDB4 #B456BD

tetradic

#BDB456 #56BD81 #565FBD #BD5693

square

#BDB456 #56BD81 #565FBD #BD5693

split-complementary

#BDB456 #5693BD #8156BD

monochromatic

#6E682B #9A923C #BDB456 #CEC882 #DFDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB456

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB456	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca88',
    500: '#bdb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb456;
$custom-light: #d3ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7582,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB456

secondary

#A1A5CD

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB456

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

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