#BDB34D#BDB34D

#BDB34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB34D
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -9.35, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 52.98, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0293 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4472, 43.5962, 13.4094)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB34D #4D57BD

analogous

#BD7B4D #BDB34D #8FBD4D

triadic

#BDB34D #4DBDB3 #B34DBD

tetradic

#BDB34D #4DBD7B #4D57BD #BD4D8F

square

#BDB34D #4DBD7B #4D57BD #BD4D8F

split-complementary

#BDB34D #4D8FBD #7B4DBD

monochromatic

#696327 #958D37 #BDB34D #CEC67A #DED9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB34D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB34D	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)

#C2AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c983',
    500: '#bdb34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb34d;
$custom-light: #d3c983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75504,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB34D

secondary

#9A9FCB

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB34D

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

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