#BDB04B#BDB04B

#BDB04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB04B
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -7.93, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 52.74, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0255 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.7830, 42.3789, 12.8450)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB04B #4B58BD

analogous

#BD774B #BDB04B #91BD4B

triadic

#BDB04B #4BBDB0 #B04BBD

tetradic

#BDB04B #4BBD77 #4B58BD #BD4B91

square

#BDB04B #4BBD77 #4B58BD #BD4B91

split-complementary

#BDB04B #4B91BD #774BBD

monochromatic

#686026 #948A36 #BDB04B #CDC478 #DED7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB04B

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB04B	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c781',
    500: '#bdb04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb04b;
$custom-light: #d4c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74841,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.42377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB04B

secondary

#999FCB

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB04B

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

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