#BDB12E#BDB12E

#BDB12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB12E
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -10.06, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 64.58, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0347 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2032, 42.4619, 8.8205)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB12E #2E3ABD

analogous

#BD692E #BDB12E #81BD2E

triadic

#BDB12E #2EBDB1 #B12EBD

tetradic

#BDB12E #2EBD69 #2E3ABD #BD2E81

square

#BDB12E #2EBD69 #2E3ABD #BD2E81

split-complementary

#BDB12E #2E81BD #692EBD

monochromatic

#5B5516 #8C8322 #BDB12E #D5CA53 #E1D984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BDB12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB12E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB12E	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)

#C1AB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c871',
    500: '#bdb12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb12e;
$custom-light: #d5c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB12E

secondary

#7C83CA

accent

#51E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB12E

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

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