#BDB653#BDB653

#BDB653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB653
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -10.45, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 51.44, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0318 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.121 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2768, 44.9005, 14.7796)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB653 #535ABD

analogous

#BD8153 #BDB653 #8FBD53

triadic

#BDB653 #53BDB6 #B653BD

tetradic

#BDB653 #53BD81 #535ABD #BD538F

square

#BDB653 #53BD81 #535ABD #BD538F

split-complementary

#BDB653 #538FBD #8153BD

monochromatic

#6C6829 #98923A #BDB653 #CEC97F #DFDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDB653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB653

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB653	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)

#C4B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb87',
    500: '#bdb653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb653;
$custom-light: #d3cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76213,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB653

secondary

#9FA2CD

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB653

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

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