#BDB33F#BDB33F

#BDB33F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB33F
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -10.26, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 58.97, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0335 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0051, 43.4193, 11.0805)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB33F #3F49BD

analogous

#BD743F #BDB33F #88BD3F

triadic

#BDB33F #3FBDB3 #B33FBD

tetradic

#BDB33F #3FBD74 #3F49BD #BD3F88

square

#BDB33F #3FBD74 #3F49BD #BD3F88

split-complementary

#BDB33F #3F88BD #743FBD

monochromatic

#615C20 #8F8830 #BDB33F #CEC66B #DDD899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB33F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDB33F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB33F

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB33F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB33F	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)

#C2AD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb33f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97a',
    500: '#bdb33f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb33f;
$custom-light: #d4c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb33f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75371,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB33F

secondary

#8F93C9

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB33F

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

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