#BDB856#BDB856

#BDB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB856
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -11.24, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 50.87, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0337 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.121 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8076, 45.7729, 15.5404)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB856 #565BBD

analogous

#BD8556 #BDB856 #8FBD56

triadic

#BDB856 #56BDB8 #B856BD

tetradic

#BDB856 #56BD85 #565BBD #BD568F

square

#BDB856 #56BD85 #565BBD #BD568F

split-complementary

#BDB856 #568FBD #8556BD

monochromatic

#6E6A2B #9A953C #BDB856 #CECA82 #DFDDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB856

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB856	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd89',
    500: '#bdb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb856;
$custom-light: #d3cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76678,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB856

secondary

#A1A4CD

accent

#5AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB856

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

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