#BDB32E#BDB32E

#BDB32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB32E
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -11.10, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 65.24, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0376 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6011, 43.2578, 8.9532)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB32E #2E38BD

analogous

#BD6B2E #BDB32E #7FBD2E

triadic

#BDB32E #2EBDB3 #B32EBD

tetradic

#BDB32E #2EBD6B #2E38BD #BD2E7F

square

#BDB32E #2EBD6B #2E38BD #BD2E7F

split-complementary

#BDB32E #2E7FBD #6B2EBD

monochromatic

#5B5616 #8C8422 #BDB32E #D5CC53 #E1DB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB32E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB32E	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)

#C3AD10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c971',
    500: '#bdb32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb32e;
$custom-light: #d5c971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB32E

secondary

#7C82CA

accent

#4FE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB32E

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

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