#BDB147#BDB147

#BDB147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB147
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -8.72, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 54.87, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0282 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8472, 42.7195, 12.2121)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB147 #4753BD

analogous

#BD7647 #BDB147 #8EBD47

triadic

#BDB147 #47BDB1 #B147BD

tetradic

#BDB147 #47BD76 #4753BD #BD478E

square

#BDB147 #47BD76 #4753BD #BD478E

split-complementary

#BDB147 #478EBD #7647BD

monochromatic

#655F24 #928934 #BDB147 #CDC474 #DDD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BDB147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB147

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB147	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87f',
    500: '#bdb147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb147;
$custom-light: #d4c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB147

secondary

#969BCA

accent

#5FD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB147

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

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