#BDB83D#BDB83D
#BDB83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.141 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BDB83D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 184, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 51%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 68%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 67.7%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.18, -12.94, 60.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.18, 61.61, 102.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.43% -0.0413 0.1349) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.43% 0.141 107) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9705, 45.4380, 11.1316) |
| Luminance | 0.4544 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.80
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.82
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.50
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.13
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.18
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BDB83D #3D42BD
analogous
#BD783D #BDB83D #82BD3D
triadic
#BDB83D #3DBDB8 #B83DBD
tetradic
#BDB83D #3DBD78 #3D42BD #BD3D82
square
#BDB83D #3DBD78 #3D42BD #BD3D82
split-complementary
#BDB83D #3D82BD #783DBD
monochromatic
#605E1F #8F8B2E #BDB83D #CECB69 #DDDB97
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.08
#BDB83D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.09
#BDB83D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BDB83D
10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BDB83D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BDB83D | 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)
#C7B12B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB645
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAAC9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bdb83d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.141 107.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4cd7a',
500: '#bdb83d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bdb83d; $custom-light: #d4cd7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bdb83d",
"rgb": {
"r": 189,
"g": 184,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.656,
"s": 51.2,
"l": 49.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76434,
"c": 0.14109,
"h": 107
},
"luminance": 0.45437
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BDB83D
secondary
#8D8FC9
accent
#53DB4D
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C