#BDB04A#BDB04A

#BDB04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB04A
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -8.00, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 53.18, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0258 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7490, 42.3654, 12.6661)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB04A #4A57BD

analogous

#BD774A #BDB04A #91BD4A

triadic

#BDB04A #4ABDB0 #B04ABD

tetradic

#BDB04A #4ABD77 #4A57BD #BD4A91

square

#BDB04A #4ABD77 #4A57BD #BD4A91

split-complementary

#BDB04A #4A91BD #774ABD

monochromatic

#676026 #948936 #BDB04A #CDC477 #DED7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BDB04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB04A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB04A	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c781',
    500: '#bdb04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb04a;
$custom-light: #d4c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74831,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB04A

secondary

#989ECB

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB04A

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

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