#BDB83F#BDB83F

#BDB83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; 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	#BDB83F
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 63)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -12.83, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 60.83, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0408 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(39.0254, 45.4600, 11.4206)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB83F #3F44BD

analogous

#BD793F #BDB83F #83BD3F

triadic

#BDB83F #3FBDB8 #B83FBD

tetradic

#BDB83F #3FBD79 #3F44BD #BD3F83

square

#BDB83F #3FBD79 #3F44BD #BD3F83

split-complementary

#BDB83F #3F83BD #793FBD

monochromatic

#615F20 #8F8B30 #BDB83F #CECA6B #DDDA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BDB83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB83F

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB83F	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)

#C7B12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd7b',
    500: '#bdb83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb83f;
$custom-light: #d4cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7645,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.45459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB83F

secondary

#8F91C9

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB83F

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

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