#BDB83B#BDB83B

#BDB83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB83B
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -13.05, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 62.38, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0418 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.142 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9176, 45.4169, 10.8531)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB83B #3B40BD

analogous

#BD773B #BDB83B #81BD3B

triadic

#BDB83B #3BBDB8 #B83BBD

tetradic

#BDB83B #3BBD77 #3B40BD #BD3B81

square

#BDB83B #3BBD77 #3B40BD #BD3B81

split-complementary

#BDB83B #3B81BD #773BBD

monochromatic

#605D1E #8E8B2C #BDB83B #CFCB66 #DEDB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BDB83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB83B

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB83B	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)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd78',
    500: '#bdb83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb83b;
$custom-light: #d4cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76418,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB83B

secondary

#8B8DC9

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB83B

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

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