#BDB23F#BDB23F

#BDB23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.134 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB23F
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -9.74, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 58.61, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.032 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.134 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8054, 43.0199, 11.0139)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB23F #3F4ABD

analogous

#BD733F #BDB23F #89BD3F

triadic

#BDB23F #3FBDB2 #B23FBD

tetradic

#BDB23F #3FBD73 #3F4ABD #BD3F89

square

#BDB23F #3FBD73 #3F4ABD #BD3F89

split-complementary

#BDB23F #3F89BD #733FBD

monochromatic

#615C20 #8F8730 #BDB23F #CEC56B #DDD799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDB23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB23F

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB23F	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)

#C1AC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.134 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87a',
    500: '#bdb23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb23f;
$custom-light: #d4c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75156,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB23F

secondary

#8F94C9

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB23F

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

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