#BDB53B#BDB53B

#BDB53B 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 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB53B
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -11.51, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 61.28, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0375 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3010, 44.1837, 10.6476)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB53B #3B43BD

analogous

#BD743B #BDB53B #84BD3B

triadic

#BDB53B #3BBDB5 #B53BBD

tetradic

#BDB53B #3BBD74 #3B43BD #BD3B84

square

#BDB53B #3BBD74 #3B43BD #BD3B84

split-complementary

#BDB53B #3B84BD #743BBD

monochromatic

#605C1E #8E882C #BDB53B #CFC966 #DED995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB53B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB53B	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca78',
    500: '#bdb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb53b;
$custom-light: #d4ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75769,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB53B

secondary

#8B8FC9

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB53B

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

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