#BDB543#BDB543

#BDB543 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB543
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -11.05, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 58.07, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0353 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5247, 44.2732, 11.8254)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB543 #434BBD

analogous

#BD7843 #BDB543 #88BD43

triadic

#BDB543 #43BDB5 #B543BD

tetradic

#BDB543 #43BD78 #434BBD #BD4388

square

#BDB543 #43BD78 #434BBD #BD4388

split-complementary

#BDB543 #4388BD #7843BD

monochromatic

#635F23 #908A33 #BDB543 #CDC770 #DDD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB543

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB543	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7d',
    500: '#bdb543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb543;
$custom-light: #d4ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB543

secondary

#9396C9

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB543

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

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