#BDB74A#BDB74A

#BDB74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.130 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB74A
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -11.63, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 55.87, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0362 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.13 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1571, 45.1815, 13.1355)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB74A #4A50BD

analogous

#BD7E4A #BDB74A #8ABD4A

triadic

#BDB74A #4ABDB7 #B74ABD

tetradic

#BDB74A #4ABD7E #4A50BD #BD4A8A

square

#BDB74A #4ABD7E #4A50BD #BD4A8A

split-complementary

#BDB74A #4A8ABD #7E4ABD

monochromatic

#676426 #948F36 #BDB74A #CDC977 #DEDBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB74A

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB74A	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.130 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc81',
    500: '#bdb74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb74a;
$custom-light: #d4cc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76333,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB74A

secondary

#989BCB

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB74A

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

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