#BDB44D#BDB44D

#BDB44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB44D
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -9.87, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 53.37, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0308 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.125 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6484, 43.9985, 13.4765)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB44D #4D56BD

analogous

#BD7C4D #BDB44D #8EBD4D

triadic

#BDB44D #4DBDB4 #B44DBD

tetradic

#BDB44D #4DBD7C #4D56BD #BD4D8E

square

#BDB44D #4DBD7C #4D56BD #BD4D8E

split-complementary

#BDB44D #4D8EBD #7C4DBD

monochromatic

#696327 #958E37 #BDB44D #CEC77A #DEDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB44D

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB44D	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)

#C3AE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca83',
    500: '#bdb44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb44d;
$custom-light: #d3ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75718,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB44D

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB44D

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

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