#BDB43C#BDB43C

#BDB43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB43C
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -10.94, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 60.53, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0358 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.138 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.1246, 43.7890, 10.7180)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB43C #3C45BD

analogous

#BD743C #BDB43C #86BD3C

triadic

#BDB43C #3CBDB4 #B43CBD

tetradic

#BDB43C #3CBD74 #3C45BD #BD3C86

square

#BDB43C #3CBD74 #3C45BD #BD3C86

split-complementary

#BDB43C #3C86BD #743CBD

monochromatic

#605C1F #8F882D #BDB43C #CFC867 #DED996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB43C

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB43C	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)

#C3AE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca79',
    500: '#bdb43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb43c;
$custom-light: #d4ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75562,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB43C

secondary

#8C90C9

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB43C

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

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