#BDB44F#BDB44F

#BDB44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.123 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB44F
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -9.72, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 52.46, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0302 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.123 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7201, 44.0272, 13.8541)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB44F #4F58BD

analogous

#BD7D4F #BDB44F #8FBD4F

triadic

#BDB44F #4FBDB4 #B44FBD

tetradic

#BDB44F #4FBD7D #4F58BD #BD4F8F

square

#BDB44F #4FBD7D #4F58BD #BD4F8F

split-complementary

#BDB44F #4F8FBD #7D4FBD

monochromatic

#6A6428 #968F38 #BDB44F #CEC77C #DEDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDB44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB44F

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB44F	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.123 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca84',
    500: '#bdb44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb44f;
$custom-light: #d3ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7574,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB44F

secondary

#9CA0CC

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB44F

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

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