#BDB53A#BDB53A

#BDB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.140 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB53A
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -11.56, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 61.66, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0377 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2754, 44.1734, 10.5123)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB53A #3A42BD

analogous

#BD733A #BDB53A #83BD3A

triadic

#BDB53A #3ABDB5 #B53ABD

tetradic

#BDB53A #3ABD73 #3A42BD #BD3A83

square

#BDB53A #3ABD73 #3A42BD #BD3A83

split-complementary

#BDB53A #3A83BD #733ABD

monochromatic

#5F5B1D #8E882C #BDB53A #D0C965 #DED993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB53A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB53A	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca78',
    500: '#bdb53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb53a;
$custom-light: #d4ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75762,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB53A

secondary

#8A8EC9

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB53A

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

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