#BDB34B#BDB34B

#BDB34B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB34B
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -9.49, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 53.87, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.03 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3777, 43.5684, 13.0432)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB34B #4B55BD

analogous

#BD7A4B #BDB34B #8EBD4B

triadic

#BDB34B #4BBDB3 #B34BBD

tetradic

#BDB34B #4BBD7A #4B55BD #BD4B8E

square

#BDB34B #4BBD7A #4B55BD #BD4B8E

split-complementary

#BDB34B #4B8EBD #7A4BBD

monochromatic

#686226 #948C36 #BDB34B #CDC678 #DED9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB34B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB34B	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)

#C2AD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c981',
    500: '#bdb34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb34b;
$custom-light: #d4c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB34B

secondary

#999DCB

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB34B

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

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