#BDB953#BDB953

#BDB953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.124 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB953
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -12.00, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 52.67, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0362 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.124 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8977, 46.1424, 14.9866)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB953 #5357BD

analogous

#BD8453 #BDB953 #8CBD53

triadic

#BDB953 #53BDB9 #B953BD

tetradic

#BDB953 #53BD84 #5357BD #BD538C

square

#BDB953 #53BD84 #5357BD #BD538C

split-complementary

#BDB953 #538CBD #8453BD

monochromatic

#6C6A29 #98953A #BDB953 #CECB7F #DFDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDB953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB953

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB953	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)

#C7B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.124 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd87',
    500: '#bdb953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb953;
$custom-light: #d3cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76859,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB953

secondary

#9FA1CD

accent

#58D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB953

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

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