#BDB347#BDB347

#BDB347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB347
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -9.76, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 55.62, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0312 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.2451, 43.5153, 12.3447)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB347 #4751BD

analogous

#BD7847 #BDB347 #8CBD47

triadic

#BDB347 #47BDB3 #B347BD

tetradic

#BDB347 #47BD78 #4751BD #BD478C

square

#BDB347 #47BD78 #4751BD #BD478C

split-complementary

#BDB347 #478CBD #7847BD

monochromatic

#656024 #928A34 #BDB347 #CDC674 #DDD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB347

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB347	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C2AD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97f',
    500: '#bdb347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb347;
$custom-light: #d4c97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75443,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.43514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB347

secondary

#969ACA

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB347

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

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