#BDB63B#BDB63B

#BDB63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.141 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB63B
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -12.03, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 61.64, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0389 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.141 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5051, 44.5918, 10.7156)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB63B #3B42BD

analogous

#BD753B #BDB63B #83BD3B

triadic

#BDB63B #3BBDB6 #B63BBD

tetradic

#BDB63B #3BBD75 #3B42BD #BD3B83

square

#BDB63B #3BBD75 #3B42BD #BD3B83

split-complementary

#BDB63B #3B83BD #753BBD

monochromatic

#605C1E #8E892C #BDB63B #CFCA66 #DEDA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB63B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB63B	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.141 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb78',
    500: '#bdb63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb63b;
$custom-light: #d4cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75985,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB63B

secondary

#8B8EC9

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB63B

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

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