#BDB93D#BDB93D

#BDB93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.142 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB93D
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -13.45, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 61.99, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0427 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.142 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1790, 45.8549, 11.2011)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB93D #3D41BD

analogous

#BD793D #BDB93D #81BD3D

triadic

#BDB93D #3DBDB9 #B93DBD

tetradic

#BDB93D #3DBD79 #3D41BD #BD3D81

square

#BDB93D #3DBD79 #3D41BD #BD3D81

split-complementary

#BDB93D #3D81BD #793DBD

monochromatic

#605E1F #8F8C2E #BDB93D #CECB69 #DDDB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BDB93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB93D

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB93D	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C8B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.142 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd7a',
    500: '#bdb93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb93d;
$custom-light: #d4cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7665,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB93D

secondary

#8D8FC9

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB93D

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

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