#BDB43A#BDB43A

#BDB43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB43A
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -11.05, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 61.30, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0363 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0728, 43.7682, 10.4448)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB43A #3A43BD

analogous

#BD723A #BDB43A #84BD3A

triadic

#BDB43A #3ABDB4 #B43ABD

tetradic

#BDB43A #3ABD72 #3A43BD #BD3A84

square

#BDB43A #3ABD72 #3A43BD #BD3A84

split-complementary

#BDB43A #3A84BD #723ABD

monochromatic

#5F5B1D #8E872C #BDB43A #D0C865 #DED993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDB43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB43A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB43A	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca78',
    500: '#bdb43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb43a;
$custom-light: #d4ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75546,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB43A

secondary

#8A8EC9

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB43A

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

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