#BDB04F#BDB04F

#BDB04F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB04F
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -7.64, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 50.92, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0242 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.119 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9242, 42.4354, 13.5888)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB04F #4F5CBD

analogous

#BD794F #BDB04F #93BD4F

triadic

#BDB04F #4FBDB0 #B04FBD

tetradic

#BDB04F #4FBD79 #4F5CBD #BD4F93

square

#BDB04F #4FBD79 #4F5CBD #BD4F93

split-complementary

#BDB04F #4F93BD #794FBD

monochromatic

#6A6228 #968B38 #BDB04F #CEC47C #DED8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BDB04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB04F

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB04F	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c784',
    500: '#bdb04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb04f;
$custom-light: #d3c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74884,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB04F

secondary

#9CA2CC

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB04F

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

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