#BDB33B#BDB33B

#BDB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB33B
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -10.48, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 60.56, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0346 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.138 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8973, 43.3762, 10.5130)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB33B #3B45BD

analogous

#BD723B #BDB33B #86BD3B

triadic

#BDB33B #3BBDB3 #B33BBD

tetradic

#BDB33B #3BBD72 #3B45BD #BD3B86

square

#BDB33B #3BBD72 #3B45BD #BD3B86

split-complementary

#BDB33B #3B86BD #723BBD

monochromatic

#605B1E #8E872C #BDB33B #CFC766 #DED895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB33B

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB33B	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)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c978',
    500: '#bdb33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb33b;
$custom-light: #d4c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB33B

secondary

#8B8FC9

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB33B

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

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