#BDB44E#BDB44E

#BDB44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.124 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB44E
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -9.79, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 52.92, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0305 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.124 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6840, 44.0127, 13.6638)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB44E #4E57BD

analogous

#BD7C4E #BDB44E #8FBD4E

triadic

#BDB44E #4EBDB4 #B44EBD

tetradic

#BDB44E #4EBD7C #4E57BD #BD4E8F

square

#BDB44E #4EBD7C #4E57BD #BD4E8F

split-complementary

#BDB44E #4E8FBD #7C4EBD

monochromatic

#696427 #968E38 #BDB44E #CEC77B #DEDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB44E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB44E	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)

#C2AE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.124 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca83',
    500: '#bdb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb44e;
$custom-light: #d3ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB44E

secondary

#9B9FCC

accent

#5DD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB44E

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

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