#BDB350#BDB350

#BDB350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB350
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -9.13, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 51.62, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0284 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.121 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5556, 43.6396, 13.9802)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB350 #505ABD

analogous

#BD7C50 #BDB350 #91BD50

triadic

#BDB350 #50BDB3 #B350BD

tetradic

#BDB350 #50BD7C #505ABD #BD5091

square

#BDB350 #50BD7C #505ABD #BD5091

split-complementary

#BDB350 #5091BD #7C50BD

monochromatic

#6A6428 #978E39 #BDB350 #CEC67C #DFDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BDB350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB350

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB350	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c984',
    500: '#bdb350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb350;
$custom-light: #d3c984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB350

secondary

#9DA1CC

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB350

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

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