#BDBA57#BDBA57

#BDBA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.122 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA57
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -12.19, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 51.25, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0363 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.122 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2666, 46.6259, 15.8935)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA57 #575ABD

analogous

#BD8757 #BDBA57 #8DBD57

triadic

#BDBA57 #57BDBA #BA57BD

tetradic

#BDBA57 #57BD87 #575ABD #BD578D

square

#BDBA57 #57BD87 #575ABD #BD578D

split-complementary

#BDBA57 #578DBD #8757BD

monochromatic

#6E6C2B #9A973D #BDBA57 #CECC83 #E0DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDBA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA57

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA57	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.122 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce89',
    500: '#bdba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba57;
$custom-light: #d3ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77121,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA57

secondary

#A2A3CE

accent

#58D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA57

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

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