#BDB952#BDB952

#BDB952 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB952
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -12.07, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 53.12, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0365 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.125 107)
XYZ	xyz(39.8594, 46.1271, 14.7848)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB952 #5256BD

analogous

#BD8352 #BDB952 #8BBD52

triadic

#BDB952 #52BDB9 #B952BD

tetradic

#BDB952 #52BD83 #5256BD #BD528B

square

#BDB952 #52BD83 #5256BD #BD528B

split-complementary

#BDB952 #528BBD #8352BD

monochromatic

#6C6929 #98943A #BDB952 #CECB7E #DFDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDB952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB952

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB952	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd86',
    500: '#bdb952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb952;
$custom-light: #d3cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.757,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76848,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB952

secondary

#9EA0CC

accent

#58D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB952

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →