#BDB143#BDB143

#BDB143 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB143
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -8.98, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 56.59, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0294 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7230, 42.6698, 11.5581)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB143 #434FBD

analogous

#BD7443 #BDB143 #8CBD43

triadic

#BDB143 #43BDB1 #B143BD

tetradic

#BDB143 #43BD74 #434FBD #BD438C

square

#BDB143 #43BD74 #434FBD #BD438C

split-complementary

#BDB143 #438CBD #7443BD

monochromatic

#635D23 #908733 #BDB143 #CDC470 #DDD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDB143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB143

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB143	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)

#C0AB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87c',
    500: '#bdb143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb143;
$custom-light: #d4c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB143

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB143

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

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