#BDB756#BDB756

#BDB756 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.120 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB756
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -10.73, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 50.46, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0323 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.12 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6006, 45.3589, 15.4714)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB756 #565CBD

analogous

#BD8456 #BDB756 #90BD56

triadic

#BDB756 #56BDB7 #B756BD

tetradic

#BDB756 #56BD84 #565CBD #BD5690

square

#BDB756 #56BD84 #565CBD #BD5690

split-complementary

#BDB756 #5690BD #8456BD

monochromatic

#6E6A2B #9A943C #BDB756 #CECA82 #DFDDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB756

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB756	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.120 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc89',
    500: '#bdb756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb756;
$custom-light: #d3cc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76463,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB756

secondary

#A1A4CD

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB756

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

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