#BDB33A#BDB33A

#BDB33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB33A
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -10.53, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 60.94, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0348 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8716, 43.3660, 10.3777)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB33A #3A44BD

analogous

#BD713A #BDB33A #85BD3A

triadic

#BDB33A #3ABDB3 #B33ABD

tetradic

#BDB33A #3ABD71 #3A44BD #BD3A85

square

#BDB33A #3ABD71 #3A44BD #BD3A85

split-complementary

#BDB33A #3A85BD #713ABD

monochromatic

#5F5A1D #8E872C #BDB33A #D0C765 #DED893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB33A

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB33A	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c977',
    500: '#bdb33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb33a;
$custom-light: #d4c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75331,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB33A

secondary

#8A8EC9

accent

#56DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB33A

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

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