#BDB75B#BDB75B

#BDB75B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB75B
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -10.31, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 48.10, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0305 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.115 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8092, 45.4423, 16.5697)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB75B #5B61BD

analogous

#BD865B #BDB75B #92BD5B

triadic

#BDB75B #5BBDB7 #B75BBD

tetradic

#BDB75B #5BBD86 #5B61BD #BD5B92

square

#BDB75B #5BBD86 #5B61BD #BD5B92

split-complementary

#BDB75B #5B92BD #865BBD

monochromatic

#706C2D #9C963F #BDB75B #CFCA87 #E0DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB75B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BDB75B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB75B

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB75B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB75B	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb75b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc8c',
    500: '#bdb75b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb75b;
$custom-light: #d3cc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb75b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB75B

secondary

#A5A8CF

accent

#5DD255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB75B

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

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