#BDB13C#BDB13C

#BDB13C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB13C
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -9.39, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 59.45, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0314 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5256, 42.5908, 10.5183)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB13C #3C48BD

analogous

#BD713C #BDB13C #89BD3C

triadic

#BDB13C #3CBDB1 #B13CBD

tetradic

#BDB13C #3CBD71 #3C48BD #BD3C89

square

#BDB13C #3CBD71 #3C48BD #BD3C89

split-complementary

#BDB13C #3C89BD #713CBD

monochromatic

#605A1F #8F852D #BDB13C #CFC567 #DED796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB13C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDB13C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB13C

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB13C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB13C	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)

#C1AB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb13c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c878',
    500: '#bdb13c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb13c;
$custom-light: #d4c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb13c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74917,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB13C

secondary

#8C91C9

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB13C

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

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