#BDB93B#BDB93B

#BDB93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.143 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB93B
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -13.56, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 62.76, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0432 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.143 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1261, 45.8338, 10.9226)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB93B #3B3FBD

analogous

#BD783B #BDB93B #80BD3B

triadic

#BDB93B #3BBDB9 #B93BBD

tetradic

#BDB93B #3BBD78 #3B3FBD #BD3B80

square

#BDB93B #3BBD78 #3B3FBD #BD3B80

split-complementary

#BDB93B #3B80BD #783BBD

monochromatic

#605E1E #8E8B2C #BDB93B #CFCC66 #DEDC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BDB93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB93B

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB93B	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.143 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd79',
    500: '#bdb93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb93b;
$custom-light: #d4cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB93B

secondary

#8B8DC9

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB93B

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

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