#BDBA59#BDBA59

#BDBA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA59
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -12.02, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 50.32, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0356 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.12 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3494, 46.6590, 16.3299)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA59 #595CBD

analogous

#BD8859 #BDBA59 #8EBD59

triadic

#BDBA59 #59BDBA #BA59BD

tetradic

#BDBA59 #59BD88 #595CBD #BD598E

square

#BDBA59 #59BD88 #595CBD #BD598E

split-complementary

#BDBA59 #598EBD #8859BD

monochromatic

#6F6D2C #9B983E #BDBA59 #CECC85 #E0DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA59

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA59	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)

#C7B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce8b',
    500: '#bdba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba59;
$custom-light: #d3ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA59

secondary

#A4A5CE

accent

#59D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA59

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

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