#BDB043#BDB043

#BDB043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB043
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -8.46, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 56.23, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0279 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5262, 42.2762, 11.4925)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB043 #4350BD

analogous

#BD7343 #BDB043 #8DBD43

triadic

#BDB043 #43BDB0 #B043BD

tetradic

#BDB043 #43BD73 #4350BD #BD438D

square

#BDB043 #43BD73 #4350BD #BD438D

split-complementary

#BDB043 #438DBD #7343BD

monochromatic

#635C23 #908633 #BDB043 #CDC370 #DDD69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDB043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB043

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB043	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c77c',
    500: '#bdb043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb043;
$custom-light: #d4c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB043

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB043

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

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