#BDB74B#BDB74B

#BDB74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB74B
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -11.56, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 55.43, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0359 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.129 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1911, 45.1951, 13.3143)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB74B #4B51BD

analogous

#BD7E4B #BDB74B #8ABD4B

triadic

#BDB74B #4BBDB7 #B74BBD

tetradic

#BDB74B #4BBD7E #4B51BD #BD4B8A

square

#BDB74B #4BBD7E #4B51BD #BD4B8A

split-complementary

#BDB74B #4B8ABD #7E4BBD

monochromatic

#686426 #948F36 #BDB74B #CDC978 #DEDBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB74B

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB74B	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)

#C5B13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc82',
    500: '#bdb74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb74b;
$custom-light: #d4cc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76343,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB74B

secondary

#999CCB

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB74B

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

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