#BDB64D#BDB64D

#BDB64D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.127 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB64D
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -10.90, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 54.15, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0338 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.127 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0551, 44.8118, 13.6120)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB64D #4D54BD

analogous

#BD7E4D #BDB64D #8CBD4D

triadic

#BDB64D #4DBDB6 #B64DBD

tetradic

#BDB64D #4DBD7E #4D54BD #BD4D8C

square

#BDB64D #4DBD7E #4D54BD #BD4D8C

split-complementary

#BDB64D #4D8CBD #7E4DBD

monochromatic

#696527 #959037 #BDB64D #CEC87A #DEDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB64D

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB64D	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.127 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb83',
    500: '#bdb64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb64d;
$custom-light: #d3cb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76148,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB64D

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5AD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB64D

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

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