#BDB656#BDB656

#BDB656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB656
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -10.21, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 50.05, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0308 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.119 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3951, 44.9478, 15.4029)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB656 #565DBD

analogous

#BD8356 #BDB656 #91BD56

triadic

#BDB656 #56BDB6 #B656BD

tetradic

#BDB656 #56BD83 #565DBD #BD5691

square

#BDB656 #56BD83 #565DBD #BD5691

split-complementary

#BDB656 #5691BD #8356BD

monochromatic

#6E692B #9A933C #BDB656 #CEC982 #DFDCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB656

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB656	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb89',
    500: '#bdb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb656;
$custom-light: #d3cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76248,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB656

secondary

#A1A4CD

accent

#5DD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB656

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

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