#BDB43E#BDB43E

#BDB43E 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	#BDB43E
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -10.83, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 59.74, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0352 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.1785, 43.8105, 11.0017)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB43E #3E47BD

analogous

#BD753E #BDB43E #87BD3E

triadic

#BDB43E #3EBDB4 #B43EBD

tetradic

#BDB43E #3EBD75 #3E47BD #BD3E87

square

#BDB43E #3EBD75 #3E47BD #BD3E87

split-complementary

#BDB43E #3E87BD #753EBD

monochromatic

#615C20 #8F882F #BDB43E #CEC76A #DDD898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB43E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB43E	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)

#C3AE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7a',
    500: '#bdb43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb43e;
$custom-light: #d4ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75578,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB43E

secondary

#8E92C9

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB43E

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

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