#BDB63D#BDB63D

#BDB63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.139 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB63D
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -11.92, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 60.87, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0384 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.139 106)
XYZ	xyz(38.5580, 44.6130, 10.9941)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB63D #3D44BD

analogous

#BD763D #BDB63D #84BD3D

triadic

#BDB63D #3DBDB6 #B63DBD

tetradic

#BDB63D #3DBD76 #3D44BD #BD3D84

square

#BDB63D #3DBD76 #3D44BD #BD3D84

split-complementary

#BDB63D #3D84BD #763DBD

monochromatic

#605D1F #8F892E #BDB63D #CEC969 #DDDA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB63D

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB63D	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)

#C5AF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.139 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb79',
    500: '#bdb63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb63d;
$custom-light: #d4cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76001,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.44612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB63D

secondary

#8D90C9

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB63D

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

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