Color #BDB157

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Basic facts about this digital color

#BDB157 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 177, 87) — 74.1% red, 69.4% green, 34.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 40 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BDB157 reads as a pleasantly vivid yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Vegas Gold (#C5B358). Slightly further away sit Olive Green (#B5B35C) and Gimblet (#B9AD61).

In RGB terms — rgb(189, 177, 87) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BDB157: 9.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. No one has named #BDB157 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BDB157 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BDB157 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

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White

#BDB157 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

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Black

#BDB157 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

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Grey

#BDB157 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

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#BDB157 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

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Nearest named colors to #BDB157

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Olive Green

#B5B35C

Gimblet

#B9AD61

Laser

#C6A95E

Sundance

#C4AA4D

Gold Lustre

#C9B25F

Fall Leaf Brown

#C8B560

Dark Pastel Gold

#BBA151

Flourish

#ADB15E

Desert

#CCAD60

Golden Green

#BDB369

Fleetwood

#B99E56

#BDB157 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

HEX#BDB157
RGB189, 177, 87
CMYK0, 5, 40, 26
CSSrgb(189, 177, 87)

HSL53°, 44%, 54%
HSL Precise52.941°, 43.59%, 54.118%
HSV53°, 54%, 74%
HSB53°, 54%, 74%

Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.694
Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.341

GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.694, 0.341)
GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.694, 0.341, 1.000)
HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.694, 0.341)

Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
Percentage of Green in RGB69.4%
Percentage of Blue in RGB34.1%

Color FamilyYellow
Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
Lightness FamilyLight

HEX IDBDB157
DECIMAL ID12431703
Name LengthThis color has no name

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Counting from2025-01-01

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