#BDB73C#BDB73C

#BDB73C 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	#BDB73C
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -12.48, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 61.63, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0401 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7368, 45.0134, 10.9220)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB73C #3C42BD

analogous

#BD773C #BDB73C #83BD3C

triadic

#BDB73C #3CBDB7 #B73CBD

tetradic

#BDB73C #3CBD77 #3C42BD #BD3C83

square

#BDB73C #3CBD77 #3C42BD #BD3C83

split-complementary

#BDB73C #3C83BD #773CBD

monochromatic

#605D1F #8F8A2D #BDB73C #CFCA67 #DEDA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDB73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB73C

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB73C	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)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc79',
    500: '#bdb73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb73c;
$custom-light: #d4cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76209,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB73C

secondary

#8C8FC9

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB73C

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

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