#BDB459#BDB459

#BDB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB459
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -8.92, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 47.81, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0268 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.114 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1119, 44.1839, 15.9173)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB459 #5962BD

analogous

#BD8259 #BDB459 #94BD59

triadic

#BDB459 #59BDB4 #B459BD

tetradic

#BDB459 #59BD82 #5962BD #BD5994

square

#BDB459 #59BD82 #5962BD #BD5994

split-complementary

#BDB459 #5994BD #8259BD

monochromatic

#6F692C #9B933E #BDB459 #CEC885 #E0DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB459

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB459	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8a',
    500: '#bdb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb459;
$custom-light: #d3ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75856,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB459

secondary

#A4A8CE

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB459

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

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