#BDB349#BDB349

#BDB349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB349
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -9.63, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 54.75, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0306 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3103, 43.5414, 12.6884)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB349 #4953BD

analogous

#BD7949 #BDB349 #8DBD49

triadic

#BDB349 #49BDB3 #B349BD

tetradic

#BDB349 #49BD79 #4953BD #BD498D

square

#BDB349 #49BD79 #4953BD #BD498D

split-complementary

#BDB349 #498DBD #7949BD

monochromatic

#666125 #938B35 #BDB349 #CDC676 #DED9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB349

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB349	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c980',
    500: '#bdb349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb349;
$custom-light: #d4c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75463,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB349

secondary

#979CCA

accent

#5DD651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB349

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

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