#BDB23E#BDB23E

#BDB23E 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	#BDB23E
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -9.80, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 59.01, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0323 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7777, 43.0089, 10.8681)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB23E #3E49BD

analogous

#BD733E #BDB23E #89BD3E

triadic

#BDB23E #3EBDB2 #B23EBD

tetradic

#BDB23E #3EBD73 #3E49BD #BD3E89

square

#BDB23E #3EBD73 #3E49BD #BD3E89

split-complementary

#BDB23E #3E89BD #733EBD

monochromatic

#615B20 #8F872F #BDB23E #CEC56A #DDD798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB23E

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB23E	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)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87a',
    500: '#bdb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb23e;
$custom-light: #d4c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75148,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB23E

secondary

#8E93C9

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB23E

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

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