#BDB73E#BDB73E

#BDB73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB73E
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -12.37, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 60.85, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0396 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7907, 45.0349, 11.2058)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB73E #3E44BD

analogous

#BD773E #BDB73E #84BD3E

triadic

#BDB73E #3EBDB7 #B73EBD

tetradic

#BDB73E #3EBD77 #3E44BD #BD3E84

square

#BDB73E #3EBD77 #3E44BD #BD3E84

split-complementary

#BDB73E #3E84BD #773EBD

monochromatic

#615E20 #8F8A2F #BDB73E #CEC96A #DDDA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BDB73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB73E

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB73E	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc7a',
    500: '#bdb73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb73e;
$custom-light: #d4cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76225,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB73E

secondary

#8E91C9

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB73E

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

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