#BDB23A#BDB23A

#BDB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB23A
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -10.02, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 60.59, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0333 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.6719, 42.9666, 10.3112)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB23A #3A45BD

analogous

#BD703A #BDB23A #86BD3A

triadic

#BDB23A #3ABDB2 #B23ABD

tetradic

#BDB23A #3ABD70 #3A45BD #BD3A86

square

#BDB23A #3ABD70 #3A45BD #BD3A86

split-complementary

#BDB23A #3A86BD #703ABD

monochromatic

#5F5A1D #8E862C #BDB23A #D0C765 #DED893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB23A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB23A	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c877',
    500: '#bdb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb23a;
$custom-light: #d4c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB23A

secondary

#8A8FC9

accent

#58DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB23A

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

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