#BDB13A#BDB13A

#BDB13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB13A
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -9.50, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 60.24, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0319 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4737, 42.5701, 10.2451)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB13A #3A46BD

analogous

#BD6F3A #BDB13A #87BD3A

triadic

#BDB13A #3ABDB1 #B13ABD

tetradic

#BDB13A #3ABD6F #3A46BD #BD3A87

square

#BDB13A #3ABD6F #3A46BD #BD3A87

split-complementary

#BDB13A #3A87BD #6F3ABD

monochromatic

#5F591D #8E852C #BDB13A #D0C665 #DED793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDB13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB13A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB13A	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c877',
    500: '#bdb13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb13a;
$custom-light: #d4c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB13A

secondary

#8A8FC9

accent

#59DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB13A

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

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