#BDB03B#BDB03B

#BDB03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB03B
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -8.92, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 59.50, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0302 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3026, 42.1868, 10.3148)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB03B #3B48BD

analogous

#BD6F3B #BDB03B #89BD3B

triadic

#BDB03B #3BBDB0 #B03BBD

tetradic

#BDB03B #3BBD6F #3B48BD #BD3B89

square

#BDB03B #3BBD6F #3B48BD #BD3B89

split-complementary

#BDB03B #3B89BD #6F3BBD

monochromatic

#60591E #8E852C #BDB03B #CFC566 #DED695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDB03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB03B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB03B	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c778',
    500: '#bdb03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb03b;
$custom-light: #d4c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74694,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB03B

secondary

#8B91C9

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB03B

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

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