#BDB657#BDB657

#BDB657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB657
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -10.13, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 49.58, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0304 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.118 105)
XYZ	xyz(39.4357, 44.9641, 15.6166)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB657 #575EBD

analogous

#BD8357 #BDB657 #91BD57

triadic

#BDB657 #57BDB6 #B657BD

tetradic

#BDB657 #57BD83 #575EBD #BD5791

square

#BDB657 #57BD83 #575EBD #BD5791

split-complementary

#BDB657 #5791BD #8357BD

monochromatic

#6E6A2B #9A943D #BDB657 #CEC983 #E0DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB657

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB657	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)

#C4B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb89',
    500: '#bdb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb657;
$custom-light: #d3cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7626,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.44963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB657

secondary

#A2A5CE

accent

#5DD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB657

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

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