#BDB340#BDB340

#BDB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB340
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -10.20, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 58.56, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0332 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0333, 43.4306, 11.2290)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB340 #404ABD

analogous

#BD7540 #BDB340 #89BD40

triadic

#BDB340 #40BDB3 #B340BD

tetradic

#BDB340 #40BD75 #404ABD #BD4089

square

#BDB340 #40BD75 #404ABD #BD4089

split-complementary

#BDB340 #4089BD #7540BD

monochromatic

#625C21 #8F8831 #BDB340 #CDC66D #DDD89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BDB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB340

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB340	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97b',
    500: '#bdb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb340;
$custom-light: #d4c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB340

secondary

#9094C9

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB340

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

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