#BDB458#BDB458

#BDB458 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB458
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -9.01, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 48.29, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0271 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.115 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0701, 44.1672, 15.6977)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB458 #5861BD

analogous

#BD8158 #BDB458 #94BD58

triadic

#BDB458 #58BDB4 #B458BD

tetradic

#BDB458 #58BD81 #5861BD #BD5894

square

#BDB458 #58BD81 #5861BD #BD5894

split-complementary

#BDB458 #5894BD #8158BD

monochromatic

#6F692C #9B923D #BDB458 #CEC884 #E0DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB458

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB458	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)

#C2AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8a',
    500: '#bdb458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb458;
$custom-light: #d3ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75844,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB458

secondary

#A3A7CE

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB458

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

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