#BDB956#BDB956

#BDB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB956
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -11.76, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 51.29, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0352 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.122 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0161, 46.1898, 15.6099)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB956 #565ABD

analogous

#BD8656 #BDB956 #8EBD56

triadic

#BDB956 #56BDB9 #B956BD

tetradic

#BDB956 #56BD86 #565ABD #BD568E

square

#BDB956 #56BD86 #565ABD #BD568E

split-complementary

#BDB956 #568EBD #8656BD

monochromatic

#6E6B2B #9A963C #BDB956 #CECB82 #DFDDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB956

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB956	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd89',
    500: '#bdb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb956;
$custom-light: #d3cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.67,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76893,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB956

secondary

#A1A3CD

accent

#59D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB956

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

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