#BDB34E#BDB34E

#BDB34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB34E
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -9.27, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 52.53, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.029 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4828, 43.6104, 13.5968)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB34E #4E58BD

analogous

#BD7C4E #BDB34E #8FBD4E

triadic

#BDB34E #4EBDB3 #B34EBD

tetradic

#BDB34E #4EBD7C #4E58BD #BD4E8F

square

#BDB34E #4EBD7C #4E58BD #BD4E8F

split-complementary

#BDB34E #4E8FBD #7C4EBD

monochromatic

#696327 #968D38 #BDB34E #CEC67B #DED9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB34E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB34E	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)

#C2AD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c983',
    500: '#bdb34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb34e;
$custom-light: #d3c983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75514,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB34E

secondary

#9BA0CC

accent

#5ED552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB34E

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

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