#BDB73D#BDB73D

#BDB73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.140 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB73D
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -12.43, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 61.24, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0399 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.14 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7635, 45.0240, 11.0626)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB73D #3D43BD

analogous

#BD773D #BDB73D #83BD3D

triadic

#BDB73D #3DBDB7 #B73DBD

tetradic

#BDB73D #3DBD77 #3D43BD #BD3D83

square

#BDB73D #3DBD77 #3D43BD #BD3D83

split-complementary

#BDB73D #3D83BD #773DBD

monochromatic

#605D1F #8F8A2E #BDB73D #CECA69 #DDDA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDB73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB73D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB73D	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)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.140 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc79',
    500: '#bdb73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb73d;
$custom-light: #d4cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB73D

secondary

#8D90C9

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB73D

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

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