#BDB652#BDB652

#BDB652 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.122 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB652
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -10.53, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 51.90, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0321 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.122 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2384, 44.8852, 14.5778)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB652 #5259BD

analogous

#BD8052 #BDB652 #8EBD52

triadic

#BDB652 #52BDB6 #B652BD

tetradic

#BDB652 #52BD80 #5259BD #BD528E

square

#BDB652 #52BD80 #5259BD #BD528E

split-complementary

#BDB652 #528EBD #8052BD

monochromatic

#6C6729 #98923A #BDB652 #CEC97E #DFDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDB652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB652

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB652	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.122 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb86',
    500: '#bdb652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb652;
$custom-light: #d3cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB652

secondary

#9EA1CC

accent

#5CD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB652

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

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