#BDBA52#BDBA52

#BDBA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.126 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA52
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -12.59, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 53.54, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.038 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.126 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0693, 46.5470, 14.8547)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA52 #5255BD

analogous

#BD8452 #BDBA52 #8ABD52

triadic

#BDBA52 #52BDBA #BA52BD

tetradic

#BDBA52 #52BD84 #5255BD #BD528A

square

#BDBA52 #52BD84 #5255BD #BD528A

split-complementary

#BDBA52 #528ABD #8452BD

monochromatic

#6C6A29 #98953A #BDBA52 #CECC7E #DFDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDBA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA52

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA52	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)

#C8B347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.126 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce86',
    500: '#bdba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba52;
$custom-light: #d3ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77064,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA52

secondary

#9EA0CC

accent

#57D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA52

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

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