#BDB83C#BDB83C

#BDB83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB83C
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -13.00, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 62.00, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0416 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.142 107)
XYZ	xyz(38.9438, 45.4273, 10.9910)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB83C #3C41BD

analogous

#BD783C #BDB83C #82BD3C

triadic

#BDB83C #3CBDB8 #B83CBD

tetradic

#BDB83C #3CBD78 #3C41BD #BD3C82

square

#BDB83C #3CBD78 #3C41BD #BD3C82

split-complementary

#BDB83C #3C82BD #783CBD

monochromatic

#605E1F #8F8B2D #BDB83C #CFCB67 #DEDB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BDB83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB83C

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB83C	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd79',
    500: '#bdb83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb83c;
$custom-light: #d4cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76426,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.45426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB83C

secondary

#8C8EC9

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB83C

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

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