#BDB753#BDB753

#BDB753 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB753
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -10.97, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 51.84, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0333 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.122 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4823, 45.3116, 14.8482)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB753 #5359BD

analogous

#BD8253 #BDB753 #8EBD53

triadic

#BDB753 #53BDB7 #B753BD

tetradic

#BDB753 #53BD82 #5359BD #BD538E

square

#BDB753 #53BD82 #5359BD #BD538E

split-complementary

#BDB753 #538EBD #8253BD

monochromatic

#6C6829 #98933A #BDB753 #CECA7F #DFDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BDB753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB753

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB753	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)

#C5B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc87',
    500: '#bdb753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb753;
$custom-light: #d3cc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76428,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB753

secondary

#9FA2CD

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB753

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

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