#BDB344#BDB344

#BDB344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.131 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB344
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -9.95, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 56.90, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0321 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.131 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1512, 43.4778, 11.8501)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB344 #444EBD

analogous

#BD7644 #BDB344 #8BBD44

triadic

#BDB344 #44BDB3 #B344BD

tetradic

#BDB344 #44BD76 #444EBD #BD448B

square

#BDB344 #44BD76 #444EBD #BD448B

split-complementary

#BDB344 #448BBD #7644BD

monochromatic

#635E23 #918933 #BDB344 #CDC571 #DDD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB344

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB344	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.131 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97d',
    500: '#bdb344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb344;
$custom-light: #d4c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB344

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5CD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB344

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

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