#BDB32C#BDB32C

#BDB32C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.147 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB32C
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -11.18, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 65.89, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.038 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.147 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.5626, 43.2424, 8.7504)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB32C #2C36BD

analogous

#BD6A2C #BDB32C #7EBD2C

triadic

#BDB32C #2CBDB3 #B32CBD

tetradic

#BDB32C #2CBD6A #2C36BD #BD2C7E

square

#BDB32C #2CBD6A #2C36BD #BD2C7E

split-complementary

#BDB32C #2C7EBD #6A2CBD

monochromatic

#5A5515 #8B8420 #BDB32C #D6CD50 #E2DB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB32C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB32C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB32C

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB32C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB32C	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb32c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.147 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c970',
    500: '#bdb32c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb32c;
$custom-light: #d5c970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb32c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB32C

secondary

#7A80CB

accent

#4EE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB32C

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

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