#BDB83A#BDB83A

#BDB83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.143 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB83A
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -13.10, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 62.76, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0421 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.143 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8919, 45.4066, 10.7178)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB83A #3A3FBD

analogous

#BD763A #BDB83A #80BD3A

triadic

#BDB83A #3ABDB8 #B83ABD

tetradic

#BDB83A #3ABD76 #3A3FBD #BD3A80

square

#BDB83A #3ABD76 #3A3FBD #BD3A80

split-complementary

#BDB83A #3A80BD #763ABD

monochromatic

#5F5D1D #8E8A2C #BDB83A #D0CC65 #DEDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BDB83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB83A

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB83A	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.143 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd78',
    500: '#bdb83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb83a;
$custom-light: #d4cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76411,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB83A

secondary

#8A8CC9

accent

#51DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB83A

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

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