#BDB54D#BDB54D

#BDB54D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB54D
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -10.38, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 53.76, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0323 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.126 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8510, 44.4037, 13.5440)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB54D #4D55BD

analogous

#BD7D4D #BDB54D #8DBD4D

triadic

#BDB54D #4DBDB5 #B54DBD

tetradic

#BDB54D #4DBD7D #4D55BD #BD4D8D

square

#BDB54D #4DBD7D #4D55BD #BD4D8D

split-complementary

#BDB54D #4D8DBD #7D4DBD

monochromatic

#696427 #958F37 #BDB54D #CEC87A #DEDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB54D

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB54D	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca83',
    500: '#bdb54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb54d;
$custom-light: #d3ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB54D

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB54D

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

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