#BDB03D#BDB03D

#BDB03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB03D
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -8.81, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 58.70, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0296 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3554, 42.2079, 10.5932)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB03D #3D4ABD

analogous

#BD703D #BDB03D #8ABD3D

triadic

#BDB03D #3DBDB0 #B03DBD

tetradic

#BDB03D #3DBD70 #3D4ABD #BD3D8A

square

#BDB03D #3DBD70 #3D4ABD #BD3D8A

split-complementary

#BDB03D #3D8ABD #703DBD

monochromatic

#605A1F #8F852E #BDB03D #CEC469 #DDD697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDB03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB03D

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB03D	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#C0AA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c779',
    500: '#bdb03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb03d;
$custom-light: #d4c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7471,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB03D

secondary

#8D93C9

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB03D

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

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