#BDB75D#BDB75D

#BDB75D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB75D
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -10.13, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 47.15, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0298 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.113 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8966, 45.4773, 17.0302)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB75D #5D63BD

analogous

#BD875D #BDB75D #93BD5D

triadic

#BDB75D #5DBDB7 #B75DBD

tetradic

#BDB75D #5DBD87 #5D63BD #BD5D93

square

#BDB75D #5DBD87 #5D63BD #BD5D93

split-complementary

#BDB75D #5D93BD #875DBD

monochromatic

#716D2E #9D9740 #BDB75D #CFCA88 #E0DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB75D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDB75D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB75D

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB75D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB75D	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb75d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc8d',
    500: '#bdb75d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb75d;
$custom-light: #d3cc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb75d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76549,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB75D

secondary

#A7A9CF

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB75D

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

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