#BDB74E#BDB74E

#BDB74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB74E
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -11.34, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 54.11, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0349 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.127 106)
XYZ	xyz(39.2962, 45.2371, 13.8679)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB74E #4E54BD

analogous

#BD804E #BDB74E #8BBD4E

triadic

#BDB74E #4EBDB7 #B74EBD

tetradic

#BDB74E #4EBD80 #4E54BD #BD4E8B

square

#BDB74E #4EBD80 #4E54BD #BD4E8B

split-complementary

#BDB74E #4E8BBD #804EBD

monochromatic

#696627 #969138 #BDB74E #CEC97B #DEDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB74E

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB74E	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc84',
    500: '#bdb74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb74e;
$custom-light: #d3cc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76374,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.45236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB74E

secondary

#9B9ECC

accent

#5AD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB74E

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

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