#BDB53F#BDB53F

#BDB53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB53F
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -11.29, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 59.70, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0364 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4088, 44.2268, 11.2151)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB53F #3F47BD

analogous

#BD763F #BDB53F #86BD3F

triadic

#BDB53F #3FBDB5 #B53FBD

tetradic

#BDB53F #3FBD76 #3F47BD #BD3F86

square

#BDB53F #3FBD76 #3F47BD #BD3F86

split-complementary

#BDB53F #3F86BD #763FBD

monochromatic

#615D20 #8F8930 #BDB53F #CEC86B #DDD999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB53F

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB53F	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)

#C4AF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7a',
    500: '#bdb53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb53f;
$custom-light: #d4ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB53F

secondary

#8F93C9

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB53F

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

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