#BDB14D#BDB14D

#BDB14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB14D
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -8.31, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 52.21, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0264 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.122 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0493, 42.8003, 13.2768)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB14D #4D59BD

analogous

#BD794D #BDB14D #91BD4D

triadic

#BDB14D #4DBDB1 #B14DBD

tetradic

#BDB14D #4DBD79 #4D59BD #BD4D91

square

#BDB14D #4DBD79 #4D59BD #BD4D91

split-complementary

#BDB14D #4D91BD #794DBD

monochromatic

#696227 #958B37 #BDB14D #CEC57A #DED8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BDB14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB14D

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB14D	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c882',
    500: '#bdb14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb14d;
$custom-light: #d3c882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75076,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB14D

secondary

#9AA0CB

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB14D

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

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