#BDB04D#BDB04D

#BDB04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB04D
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -7.78, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 51.83, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0249 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8525, 42.4068, 13.2112)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB04D #4D5ABD

analogous

#BD784D #BDB04D #92BD4D

triadic

#BDB04D #4DBDB0 #B04DBD

tetradic

#BDB04D #4DBD78 #4D5ABD #BD4D92

square

#BDB04D #4DBD78 #4D5ABD #BD4D92

split-complementary

#BDB04D #4D92BD #784DBD

monochromatic

#696127 #958A37 #BDB04D #CEC47A #DED8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB04D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB04D	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BFAB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c782',
    500: '#bdb04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb04d;
$custom-light: #d3c782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74862,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB04D

secondary

#9AA0CB

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB04D

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

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