#BDB33D#BDB33D

#BDB33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB33D
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -10.37, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 59.77, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.034 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9502, 43.3974, 10.7915)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB33D #3D47BD

analogous

#BD733D #BDB33D #87BD3D

triadic

#BDB33D #3DBDB3 #B33DBD

tetradic

#BDB33D #3DBD73 #3D47BD #BD3D87

square

#BDB33D #3DBD73 #3D47BD #BD3D87

split-complementary

#BDB33D #3D87BD #733DBD

monochromatic

#605B1F #8F872E #BDB33D #CEC769 #DDD897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB33D

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB33D	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)

#C2AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c979',
    500: '#bdb33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb33d;
$custom-light: #d4c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75354,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB33D

secondary

#8D91C9

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB33D

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

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