#BDB24A#BDB24A

#BDB24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB24A
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -9.04, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 53.93, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0288 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1441, 43.1554, 12.7978)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB24A #4A55BD

analogous

#BD794A #BDB24A #8FBD4A

triadic

#BDB24A #4ABDB2 #B24ABD

tetradic

#BDB24A #4ABD79 #4A55BD #BD4A8F

square

#BDB24A #4ABD79 #4A55BD #BD4A8F

split-complementary

#BDB24A #4A8FBD #794ABD

monochromatic

#676126 #948B36 #BDB24A #CDC577 #DED8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB24A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB24A	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c881',
    500: '#bdb24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb24a;
$custom-light: #d4c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75258,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB24A

secondary

#989DCB

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB24A

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

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