#BDB83E#BDB83E

#BDB83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB83E
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -12.89, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 61.22, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.041 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(38.9977, 45.4489, 11.2748)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB83E #3E43BD

analogous

#BD793E #BDB83E #83BD3E

triadic

#BDB83E #3EBDB8 #B83EBD

tetradic

#BDB83E #3EBD79 #3E43BD #BD3E83

square

#BDB83E #3EBD79 #3E43BD #BD3E83

split-complementary

#BDB83E #3E83BD #793EBD

monochromatic

#615E20 #8F8B2F #BDB83E #CECA6A #DDDB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BDB83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB83E

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB83E	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)

#C7B12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd7a',
    500: '#bdb83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb83e;
$custom-light: #d4cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76442,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.45448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB83E

secondary

#8E90C9

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB83E

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

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