#BDB44C#BDB44C

#BDB44C 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 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB44C
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -9.94, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 53.81, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0311 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6134, 43.9845, 13.2919)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB44C #4C55BD

analogous

#BD7C4C #BDB44C #8EBD4C

triadic

#BDB44C #4CBDB4 #B44CBD

tetradic

#BDB44C #4CBD7C #4C55BD #BD4C8E

square

#BDB44C #4CBD7C #4C55BD #BD4C8E

split-complementary

#BDB44C #4C8EBD #7C4CBD

monochromatic

#686326 #958D37 #BDB44C #CDC779 #DED9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB44C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB44C	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca82',
    500: '#bdb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb44c;
$custom-light: #d4ca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75708,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB44C

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB44C

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

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