#BDB53E#BDB53E

#BDB53E 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	#BDB53E
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -11.35, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 60.10, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0367 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3811, 44.2157, 11.0692)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB53E #3E46BD

analogous

#BD753E #BDB53E #86BD3E

triadic

#BDB53E #3EBDB5 #B53EBD

tetradic

#BDB53E #3EBD75 #3E46BD #BD3E86

square

#BDB53E #3EBD75 #3E46BD #BD3E86

split-complementary

#BDB53E #3E86BD #753EBD

monochromatic

#615D20 #8F892F #BDB53E #CEC86A #DDD998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB53E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB53E	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)

#C4AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7a',
    500: '#bdb53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb53e;
$custom-light: #d4ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB53E

secondary

#8E92C9

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB53E

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

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