#BDB73B#BDB73B

#BDB73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB73B
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -12.54, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 62.01, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0404 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7106, 45.0029, 10.7841)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB73B #3B41BD

analogous

#BD763B #BDB73B #82BD3B

triadic

#BDB73B #3BBDB7 #B73BBD

tetradic

#BDB73B #3BBD76 #3B41BD #BD3B82

square

#BDB73B #3BBD76 #3B41BD #BD3B82

split-complementary

#BDB73B #3B82BD #763BBD

monochromatic

#605D1E #8E8A2C #BDB73B #CFCA66 #DEDA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDB73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB73B

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB73B	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)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc78',
    500: '#bdb73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb73b;
$custom-light: #d4cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB73B

secondary

#8B8EC9

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB73B

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

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