#BDB73A#BDB73A

#BDB73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.142 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB73A
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -12.59, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 62.39, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0406 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.142 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6849, 44.9926, 10.6489)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB73A #3A40BD

analogous

#BD753A #BDB73A #81BD3A

triadic

#BDB73A #3ABDB7 #B73ABD

tetradic

#BDB73A #3ABD75 #3A40BD #BD3A81

square

#BDB73A #3ABD75 #3A40BD #BD3A81

split-complementary

#BDB73A #3A81BD #753ABD

monochromatic

#5F5C1D #8E8A2C #BDB73A #D0CB65 #DEDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDB73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB73A

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB73A	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.142 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc78',
    500: '#bdb73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb73a;
$custom-light: #d4cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76194,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB73A

secondary

#8A8DC9

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB73A

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

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