#BDB33E#BDB33E

#BDB33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB33E
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -10.31, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 59.37, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0338 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9774, 43.4083, 10.9347)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB33E #3E48BD

analogous

#BD743E #BDB33E #88BD3E

triadic

#BDB33E #3EBDB3 #B33EBD

tetradic

#BDB33E #3EBD74 #3E48BD #BD3E88

square

#BDB33E #3EBD74 #3E48BD #BD3E88

split-complementary

#BDB33E #3E88BD #743EBD

monochromatic

#615C20 #8F872F #BDB33E #CEC66A #DDD898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB33E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB33E	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)

#C2AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97a',
    500: '#bdb33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb33e;
$custom-light: #d4c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB33E

secondary

#8E92C9

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB33E

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

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