#BDB43B#BDB43B

#BDB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB43B
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -11.00, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 60.92, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.036 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0984, 43.7785, 10.5801)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB43B #3B44BD

analogous

#BD733B #BDB43B #85BD3B

triadic

#BDB43B #3BBDB4 #B43BBD

tetradic

#BDB43B #3BBD73 #3B44BD #BD3B85

square

#BDB43B #3BBD73 #3B44BD #BD3B85

split-complementary

#BDB43B #3B85BD #733BBD

monochromatic

#605B1E #8E882C #BDB43B #CFC866 #DED995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB43B

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB43B	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca78',
    500: '#bdb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb43b;
$custom-light: #d4ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB43B

secondary

#8B8FC9

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB43B

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

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