#BDBA56#BDBA56

#BDBA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.123 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA56
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -12.27, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 51.71, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0367 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.123 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2260, 46.6096, 15.6799)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA56 #5659BD

analogous

#BD8756 #BDBA56 #8DBD56

triadic

#BDBA56 #56BDBA #BA56BD

tetradic

#BDBA56 #56BD87 #5659BD #BD568D

square

#BDBA56 #56BD87 #5659BD #BD568D

split-complementary

#BDBA56 #568DBD #8756BD

monochromatic

#6E6C2B #9A973C #BDBA56 #CECC82 #DFDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA56

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA56	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.123 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce89',
    500: '#bdba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba56;
$custom-light: #d3ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77109,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA56

secondary

#A1A3CD

accent

#58D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA56

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

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