#BDB140#BDB140

#BDB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB140
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -9.16, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 57.84, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0303 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6353, 42.6347, 11.0964)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB140 #404CBD

analogous

#BD7340 #BDB140 #8BBD40

triadic

#BDB140 #40BDB1 #B140BD

tetradic

#BDB140 #40BD73 #404CBD #BD408B

square

#BDB140 #40BD73 #404CBD #BD408B

split-complementary

#BDB140 #408BBD #7340BD

monochromatic

#625B21 #8F8631 #BDB140 #CDC46D #DDD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB140

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB140	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87b',
    500: '#bdb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb140;
$custom-light: #d4c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7495,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB140

secondary

#9095C9

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB140

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

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