#BDBA53#BDBA53

#BDBA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; 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	#BDBA53
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -12.51, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 53.09, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0377 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.126 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1077, 46.5623, 15.0566)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA53 #5356BD

analogous

#BD8553 #BDBA53 #8BBD53

triadic

#BDBA53 #53BDBA #BA53BD

tetradic

#BDBA53 #53BD85 #5356BD #BD538B

square

#BDBA53 #53BD85 #5356BD #BD538B

split-complementary

#BDBA53 #538BBD #8553BD

monochromatic

#6C6A29 #98963A #BDBA53 #CECC7F #DFDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDBA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA53

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA53	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)

#C8B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.126 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce87',
    500: '#bdba53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba53;
$custom-light: #d3ce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA53

secondary

#9FA0CD

accent

#57D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA53

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

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