#BDB93A#BDB93A

#BDB93A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.144 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB93A
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -13.61, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 63.13, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0435 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.144 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1004, 45.8235, 10.7873)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB93A #3A3EBD

analogous

#BD773A #BDB93A #7FBD3A

triadic

#BDB93A #3ABDB9 #B93ABD

tetradic

#BDB93A #3ABD77 #3A3EBD #BD3A7F

square

#BDB93A #3ABD77 #3A3EBD #BD3A7F

split-complementary

#BDB93A #3A7FBD #773ABD

monochromatic

#5F5D1D #8E8B2C #BDB93A #D0CC65 #DEDC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BDB93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB93A

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB93A	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.144 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd78',
    500: '#bdb93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb93a;
$custom-light: #d4cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76628,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB93A

secondary

#8A8CC9

accent

#50DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB93A

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

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