#BDB44B#BDB44B

#BDB44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.126 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB44B
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -10.01, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 54.26, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0314 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5789, 43.9707, 13.1103)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB44B #4B54BD

analogous

#BD7B4B #BDB44B #8DBD4B

triadic

#BDB44B #4BBDB4 #B44BBD

tetradic

#BDB44B #4BBD7B #4B54BD #BD4B8D

square

#BDB44B #4BBD7B #4B54BD #BD4B8D

split-complementary

#BDB44B #4B8DBD #7B4BBD

monochromatic

#686226 #948D36 #BDB44B #CDC778 #DED9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB44B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB44B	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca81',
    500: '#bdb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb44b;
$custom-light: #d4ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB44B

secondary

#999DCB

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB44B

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

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