#BDB23B#BDB23B

#BDB23B 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	#BDB23B
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -9.96, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 60.20, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0331 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.6976, 42.9768, 10.4465)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB23B #3B46BD

analogous

#BD713B #BDB23B #87BD3B

triadic

#BDB23B #3BBDB2 #B23BBD

tetradic

#BDB23B #3BBD71 #3B46BD #BD3B87

square

#BDB23B #3BBD71 #3B46BD #BD3B87

split-complementary

#BDB23B #3B87BD #713BBD

monochromatic

#605A1E #8E862C #BDB23B #CFC666 #DED895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB23B

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB23B	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)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c878',
    500: '#bdb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb23b;
$custom-light: #d4c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75123,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB23B

secondary

#8B90C9

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB23B

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

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