#BDB13B#BDB13B

#BDB13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB13B
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -9.44, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 59.85, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0316 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4994, 42.5804, 10.3804)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB13B #3B47BD

analogous

#BD703B #BDB13B #88BD3B

triadic

#BDB13B #3BBDB1 #B13BBD

tetradic

#BDB13B #3BBD70 #3B47BD #BD3B88

square

#BDB13B #3BBD70 #3B47BD #BD3B88

split-complementary

#BDB13B #3B88BD #703BBD

monochromatic

#605A1E #8E852C #BDB13B #CFC666 #DED795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDB13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB13B

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB13B	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c878',
    500: '#bdb13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb13b;
$custom-light: #d4c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB13B

secondary

#8B90C9

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB13B

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

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