#BDB63E#BDB63E

#BDB63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB63E
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -11.86, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 60.47, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0381 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(38.5852, 44.6239, 11.1373)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB63E #3E45BD

analogous

#BD773E #BDB63E #85BD3E

triadic

#BDB63E #3EBDB6 #B63EBD

tetradic

#BDB63E #3EBD77 #3E45BD #BD3E85

square

#BDB63E #3EBD77 #3E45BD #BD3E85

split-complementary

#BDB63E #3E85BD #773EBD

monochromatic

#615D20 #8F8A2F #BDB63E #CEC96A #DDD998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB63E

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB63E	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)

#C5AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb7a',
    500: '#bdb63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb63e;
$custom-light: #d4cb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76009,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.44623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB63E

secondary

#8E91C9

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB63E

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

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