#BDB14F#BDB14F

#BDB14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB14F
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -8.16, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 51.30, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0257 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1210, 42.8290, 13.6544)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB14F #4F5BBD

analogous

#BD7A4F #BDB14F #92BD4F

triadic

#BDB14F #4FBDB1 #B14FBD

tetradic

#BDB14F #4FBD7A #4F5BBD #BD4F92

square

#BDB14F #4FBD7A #4F5BBD #BD4F92

split-complementary

#BDB14F #4F92BD #7A4FBD

monochromatic

#6A6328 #968C38 #BDB14F #CEC57C #DED8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDB14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB14F

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB14F	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c884',
    500: '#bdb14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb14f;
$custom-light: #d3c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75098,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB14F

secondary

#9CA1CC

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB14F

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

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