#BDB04C#BDB04C

#BDB04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.122 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB04C
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -7.86, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 52.29, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0252 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.122 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8175, 42.3927, 13.0267)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB04C #4C59BD

analogous

#BD784C #BDB04C #92BD4C

triadic

#BDB04C #4CBDB0 #B04CBD

tetradic

#BDB04C #4CBD78 #4C59BD #BD4C92

square

#BDB04C #4CBD78 #4C59BD #BD4C92

split-complementary

#BDB04C #4C92BD #784CBD

monochromatic

#686126 #958A37 #BDB04C #CDC479 #DED7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB04C

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB04C	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)

#BFAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.122 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c782',
    500: '#bdb04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb04c;
$custom-light: #d4c782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB04C

secondary

#9A9FCB

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB04C

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

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