#BDB14A#BDB14A

#BDB14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB14A
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -8.52, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 53.56, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0273 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.124 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9458, 42.7589, 12.7317)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB14A #4A56BD

analogous

#BD784A #BDB14A #90BD4A

triadic

#BDB14A #4ABDB1 #B14ABD

tetradic

#BDB14A #4ABD78 #4A56BD #BD4A90

square

#BDB14A #4ABD78 #4A56BD #BD4A90

split-complementary

#BDB14A #4A90BD #784ABD

monochromatic

#676026 #948A36 #BDB14A #CDC477 #DED8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDB14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB14A

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB14A	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c881',
    500: '#bdb14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb14a;
$custom-light: #d4c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75044,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB14A

secondary

#989DCB

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB14A

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

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