#BDB33C#BDB33C

#BDB33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB33C
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -10.43, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 60.17, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0343 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9235, 43.3867, 10.6509)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB33C #3C46BD

analogous

#BD733C #BDB33C #87BD3C

triadic

#BDB33C #3CBDB3 #B33CBD

tetradic

#BDB33C #3CBD73 #3C46BD #BD3C87

square

#BDB33C #3CBD73 #3C46BD #BD3C87

split-complementary

#BDB33C #3C87BD #733CBD

monochromatic

#605B1F #8F872D #BDB33C #CFC767 #DED896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB33C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB33C	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c979',
    500: '#bdb33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb33c;
$custom-light: #d4c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75346,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB33C

secondary

#8C90C9

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB33C

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

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