#BDB34A#BDB34A

#BDB34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB34A
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -9.56, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 54.31, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0303 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3438, 43.5548, 12.8644)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB34A #4A54BD

analogous

#BD7A4A #BDB34A #8EBD4A

triadic

#BDB34A #4ABDB3 #B34ABD

tetradic

#BDB34A #4ABD7A #4A54BD #BD4A8E

square

#BDB34A #4ABD7A #4A54BD #BD4A8E

split-complementary

#BDB34A #4A8EBD #7A4ABD

monochromatic

#676126 #948C36 #BDB34A #CDC677 #DED9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB34A

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB34A	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)

#C2AD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c981',
    500: '#bdb34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb34a;
$custom-light: #d4c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB34A

secondary

#989DCB

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB34A

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

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