#BDB951#BDB951

#BDB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.126 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB951
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -12.15, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 53.58, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0369 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.126 107)
XYZ	xyz(39.8216, 46.1120, 14.5858)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB951 #5155BD

analogous

#BD8351 #BDB951 #8BBD51

triadic

#BDB951 #51BDB9 #B951BD

tetradic

#BDB951 #51BD83 #5155BD #BD518B

square

#BDB951 #51BD83 #5155BD #BD518B

split-complementary

#BDB951 #518BBD #8351BD

monochromatic

#6B6929 #979439 #BDB951 #CECB7D #DFDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BDB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB951

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB951	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.126 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd86',
    500: '#bdb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb951;
$custom-light: #d3cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76837,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB951

secondary

#9E9FCC

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB951

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

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