#BDB54B#BDB54B

#BDB54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.127 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB54B
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -10.52, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 54.64, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0329 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.127 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.7815, 44.3759, 13.1778)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB54B #4B53BD

analogous

#BD7C4B #BDB54B #8CBD4B

triadic

#BDB54B #4BBDB5 #B54BBD

tetradic

#BDB54B #4BBD7C #4B53BD #BD4B8C

square

#BDB54B #4BBD7C #4B53BD #BD4B8C

split-complementary

#BDB54B #4B8CBD #7C4BBD

monochromatic

#686326 #948E36 #BDB54B #CDC778 #DEDAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDB54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB54B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB54B	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.127 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca82',
    500: '#bdb54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb54b;
$custom-light: #d4ca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75912,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.44375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB54B

secondary

#999CCB

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB54B

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

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