#BDBA51#BDBA51

#BDBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.127 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA51
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -12.66, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 53.99, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0383 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.127 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0316, 46.5319, 14.6558)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA51 #5154BD

analogous

#BD8451 #BDBA51 #8ABD51

triadic

#BDBA51 #51BDBA #BA51BD

tetradic

#BDBA51 #51BD84 #5154BD #BD518A

square

#BDBA51 #51BD84 #5154BD #BD518A

split-complementary

#BDBA51 #518ABD #8451BD

monochromatic

#6B6929 #979539 #BDBA51 #CECC7D #DFDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA51

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA51	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.127 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce86',
    500: '#bdba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba51;
$custom-light: #d3ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77053,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA51

secondary

#9E9FCC

accent

#57D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA51

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

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