#BDB93C#BDB93C

#BDB93C 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	#BDB93C
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -13.51, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 62.38, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.043 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.143 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1523, 45.8443, 11.0605)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB93C #3C40BD

analogous

#BD793C #BDB93C #81BD3C

triadic

#BDB93C #3CBDB9 #B93CBD

tetradic

#BDB93C #3CBD79 #3C40BD #BD3C81

square

#BDB93C #3CBD79 #3C40BD #BD3C81

split-complementary

#BDB93C #3C81BD #793CBD

monochromatic

#605E1F #8F8C2D #BDB93C #CFCC67 #DEDB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BDB93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB93C

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB93C	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)

#C8B229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.143 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd79',
    500: '#bdb93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb93c;
$custom-light: #d4cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76643,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB93C

secondary

#8C8EC9

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB93C

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

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