#BDB759#BDB759

#BDB759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB759
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -10.48, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 49.05, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0312 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.117 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7240, 45.4083, 16.1214)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB759 #595FBD

analogous

#BD8559 #BDB759 #91BD59

triadic

#BDB759 #59BDB7 #B759BD

tetradic

#BDB759 #59BD85 #595FBD #BD5991

square

#BDB759 #59BD85 #595FBD #BD5991

split-complementary

#BDB759 #5991BD #8559BD

monochromatic

#6F6B2C #9B963E #BDB759 #CECA85 #E0DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BDB759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB759

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB759	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc8a',
    500: '#bdb759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb759;
$custom-light: #d3cc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76499,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB759

secondary

#A4A6CE

accent

#5CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB759

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

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