#BDB53D#BDB53D

#BDB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB53D
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -11.40, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 60.50, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.037 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3539, 44.2049, 10.9261)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB53D #3D45BD

analogous

#BD753D #BDB53D #85BD3D

triadic

#BDB53D #3DBDB5 #B53DBD

tetradic

#BDB53D #3DBD75 #3D45BD #BD3D85

square

#BDB53D #3DBD75 #3D45BD #BD3D85

split-complementary

#BDB53D #3D85BD #753DBD

monochromatic

#605C1F #8F892E #BDB53D #CEC869 #DDD997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB53D

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB53D	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)

#C4AF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca79',
    500: '#bdb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb53d;
$custom-light: #d4ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB53D

secondary

#8D91C9

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB53D

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

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