#BDB34F#BDB34F

#BDB34F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.122 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB34F
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -9.20, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 52.07, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0287 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.122 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5190, 43.6249, 13.7871)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB34F #4F59BD

analogous

#BD7C4F #BDB34F #90BD4F

triadic

#BDB34F #4FBDB3 #B34FBD

tetradic

#BDB34F #4FBD7C #4F59BD #BD4F90

square

#BDB34F #4FBD7C #4F59BD #BD4F90

split-complementary

#BDB34F #4F90BD #7C4FBD

monochromatic

#6A6428 #968E38 #BDB34F #CEC67C #DED9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB34F

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB34F	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)

#C1AD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.122 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c984',
    500: '#bdb34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb34f;
$custom-light: #d3c984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75525,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB34F

secondary

#9CA0CC

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB34F

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

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