#BDB04E#BDB04E

#BDB04E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB04E
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -7.71, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 51.38, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0245 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8881, 42.4210, 13.3986)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB04E #4E5BBD

analogous

#BD794E #BDB04E #93BD4E

triadic

#BDB04E #4EBDB0 #B04EBD

tetradic

#BDB04E #4EBD79 #4E5BBD #BD4E93

square

#BDB04E #4EBD79 #4E5BBD #BD4E93

split-complementary

#BDB04E #4E93BD #794EBD

monochromatic

#696227 #968B38 #BDB04E #CEC47B #DED8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB04E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB04E	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)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c783',
    500: '#bdb04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb04e;
$custom-light: #d3c783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB04E

secondary

#9BA1CC

accent

#62D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB04E

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

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