#BDB13D#BDB13D

#BDB13D 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	#BDB13D
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -9.33, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 59.06, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0311 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5522, 42.6015, 10.6588)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB13D #3D49BD

analogous

#BD713D #BDB13D #89BD3D

triadic

#BDB13D #3DBDB1 #B13DBD

tetradic

#BDB13D #3DBD71 #3D49BD #BD3D89

square

#BDB13D #3DBD71 #3D49BD #BD3D89

split-complementary

#BDB13D #3D89BD #713DBD

monochromatic

#605A1F #8F862E #BDB13D #CEC569 #DDD797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDB13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB13D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB13D	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)

#C1AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c879',
    500: '#bdb13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb13d;
$custom-light: #d4c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB13D

secondary

#8D92C9

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB13D

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

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