#BDB749#BDB749

#BDB749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB749
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -11.69, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 56.30, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0365 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.131 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1237, 45.1681, 12.9595)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB749 #494FBD

analogous

#BD7D49 #BDB749 #89BD49

triadic

#BDB749 #49BDB7 #B749BD

tetradic

#BDB749 #49BD7D #494FBD #BD4989

square

#BDB749 #49BD7D #494FBD #BD4989

split-complementary

#BDB749 #4989BD #7D49BD

monochromatic

#666325 #938F35 #BDB749 #CDC976 #DEDBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BDB749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB749

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB749	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc80',
    500: '#bdb749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb749;
$custom-light: #d4cc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76323,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB749

secondary

#979ACA

accent

#58D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB749

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

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