#BDB751#BDB751

#BDB751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB751
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -11.12, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 52.76, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0339 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.124 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4062, 45.2811, 14.4473)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB751 #5157BD

analogous

#BD8151 #BDB751 #8DBD51

triadic

#BDB751 #51BDB7 #B751BD

tetradic

#BDB751 #51BD81 #5157BD #BD518D

square

#BDB751 #51BD81 #5157BD #BD518D

split-complementary

#BDB751 #518DBD #8151BD

monochromatic

#6B6729 #979239 #BDB751 #CEC97D #DFDCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BDB751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB751

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB751	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc85',
    500: '#bdb751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb751;
$custom-light: #d3cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB751

secondary

#9EA0CC

accent

#5AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB751

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

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