#BDB23C#BDB23C

#BDB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.136 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB23C
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -9.91, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 59.81, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0328 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.136 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.7238, 42.9873, 10.5844)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB23C #3C47BD

analogous

#BD723C #BDB23C #88BD3C

triadic

#BDB23C #3CBDB2 #B23CBD

tetradic

#BDB23C #3CBD72 #3C47BD #BD3C88

square

#BDB23C #3CBD72 #3C47BD #BD3C88

split-complementary

#BDB23C #3C88BD #723CBD

monochromatic

#605B1F #8F862D #BDB23C #CFC667 #DED796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB23C

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB23C	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.136 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c878',
    500: '#bdb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb23c;
$custom-light: #d4c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB23C

secondary

#8C91C9

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB23C

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

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