#BDB43F#BDB43F

#BDB43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB43F
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -10.77, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 59.34, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.035 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2062, 43.8216, 11.1476)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB43F #3F48BD

analogous

#BD753F #BDB43F #87BD3F

triadic

#BDB43F #3FBDB4 #B43FBD

tetradic

#BDB43F #3FBD75 #3F48BD #BD3F87

square

#BDB43F #3FBD75 #3F48BD #BD3F87

split-complementary

#BDB43F #3F87BD #753FBD

monochromatic

#615D20 #8F8830 #BDB43F #CEC76B #DDD899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDB43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB43F

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB43F	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)

#C3AE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7a',
    500: '#bdb43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb43f;
$custom-light: #d4ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB43F

secondary

#8F93C9

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB43F

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

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