#BDB43D#BDB43D

#BDB43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB43D
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -10.89, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 60.13, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0355 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.1513, 43.7997, 10.8585)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB43D #3D46BD

analogous

#BD743D #BDB43D #86BD3D

triadic

#BDB43D #3DBDB4 #B43DBD

tetradic

#BDB43D #3DBD74 #3D46BD #BD3D86

square

#BDB43D #3DBD74 #3D46BD #BD3D86

split-complementary

#BDB43D #3D86BD #743DBD

monochromatic

#605C1F #8F882E #BDB43D #CEC769 #DDD897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB43D

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB43D	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)

#C3AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca79',
    500: '#bdb43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb43d;
$custom-light: #d4ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7557,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB43D

secondary

#8D91C9

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB43D

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

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