#BDB757#BDB757

#BDB757 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB757
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -10.65, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 49.99, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0319 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.119 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6412, 45.3751, 15.6851)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB757 #575DBD

analogous

#BD8457 #BDB757 #90BD57

triadic

#BDB757 #57BDB7 #B757BD

tetradic

#BDB757 #57BD84 #575DBD #BD5790

square

#BDB757 #57BD84 #575DBD #BD5790

split-complementary

#BDB757 #5790BD #8457BD

monochromatic

#6E6A2B #9A953D #BDB757 #CECA83 #E0DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB757

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB757	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc89',
    500: '#bdb757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb757;
$custom-light: #d3cc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76475,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB757

secondary

#A2A5CE

accent

#5CD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB757

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

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