#BDB341#BDB341

#BDB341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB341
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -10.14, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 58.15, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0329 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0620, 43.4421, 11.3802)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB341 #414BBD

analogous

#BD7541 #BDB341 #89BD41

triadic

#BDB341 #41BDB3 #B341BD

tetradic

#BDB341 #41BD75 #414BBD #BD4189

square

#BDB341 #41BD75 #414BBD #BD4189

split-complementary

#BDB341 #4189BD #7541BD

monochromatic

#625D22 #8F8831 #BDB341 #CDC56E #DDD89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BDB341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB341

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB341	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)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97b',
    500: '#bdb341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb341;
$custom-light: #d4c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75388,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB341

secondary

#9195C9

accent

#5AD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB341

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

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