#BDB243#BDB243

#BDB243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB243
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -9.50, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 56.95, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0309 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.131 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9212, 43.0663, 11.6242)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB243 #434EBD

analogous

#BD7543 #BDB243 #8BBD43

triadic

#BDB243 #43BDB2 #B243BD

tetradic

#BDB243 #43BD75 #434EBD #BD438B

square

#BDB243 #43BD75 #434EBD #BD438B

split-complementary

#BDB243 #438BBD #7543BD

monochromatic

#635D23 #908833 #BDB243 #CDC570 #DDD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BDB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB243

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB243	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87c',
    500: '#bdb243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb243;
$custom-light: #d4c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB243

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB243

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

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