#BDB45D#BDB45D

#BDB45D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.110 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB45D
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -8.58, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 45.89, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0253 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.11 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2844, 44.2529, 16.8261)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB45D #5D66BD

analogous

#BD845D #BDB45D #96BD5D

triadic

#BDB45D #5DBDB4 #B45DBD

tetradic

#BDB45D #5DBD84 #5D66BD #BD5D96

square

#BDB45D #5DBD84 #5D66BD #BD5D96

split-complementary

#BDB45D #5D96BD #845DBD

monochromatic

#716B2E #9D9440 #BDB45D #CFC888 #E0DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB45D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB45D	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.110 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca8d',
    500: '#bdb45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb45d;
$custom-light: #d3ca8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75908,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB45D

secondary

#A7ABCF

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB45D

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

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