#BDB23D#BDB23D

#BDB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB23D
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -9.85, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 59.41, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0326 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7505, 42.9980, 10.7249)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB23D #3D48BD

analogous

#BD723D #BDB23D #88BD3D

triadic

#BDB23D #3DBDB2 #B23DBD

tetradic

#BDB23D #3DBD72 #3D48BD #BD3D88

square

#BDB23D #3DBD72 #3D48BD #BD3D88

split-complementary

#BDB23D #3D88BD #723DBD

monochromatic

#605B1F #8F862E #BDB23D #CEC669 #DDD797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB23D

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB23D	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)

#C2AC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c879',
    500: '#bdb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb23d;
$custom-light: #d4c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75139,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB23D

secondary

#8D92C9

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB23D

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

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