#BDB343#BDB343

#BDB343 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB343
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -10.02, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 57.32, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0324 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1209, 43.4657, 11.6908)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB343 #434DBD

analogous

#BD7643 #BDB343 #8ABD43

triadic

#BDB343 #43BDB3 #B343BD

tetradic

#BDB343 #43BD76 #434DBD #BD438A

square

#BDB343 #43BD76 #434DBD #BD438A

split-complementary

#BDB343 #438ABD #7643BD

monochromatic

#635E23 #908933 #BDB343 #CDC570 #DDD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BDB343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB343

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB343	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)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97d',
    500: '#bdb343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb343;
$custom-light: #d4c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB343

secondary

#9397C9

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB343

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

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