#BDB34C#BDB34C

#BDB34C 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 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB34C
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -9.42, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 53.42, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0297 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4122, 43.5822, 13.2249)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB34C #4C56BD

analogous

#BD7B4C #BDB34C #8FBD4C

triadic

#BDB34C #4CBDB3 #B34CBD

tetradic

#BDB34C #4CBD7B #4C56BD #BD4C8F

square

#BDB34C #4CBD7B #4C56BD #BD4C8F

split-complementary

#BDB34C #4C8FBD #7B4CBD

monochromatic

#686226 #958D37 #BDB34C #CDC679 #DED9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB34C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB34C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB34C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB34C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB34C	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb34c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c982',
    500: '#bdb34c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb34c;
$custom-light: #d4c982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb34c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75493,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB34C

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB34C

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

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