#BDB94D#BDB94D

#BDB94D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.130 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB94D
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -12.44, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 55.36, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0382 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.13 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6760, 46.0538, 13.8190)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB94D #4D51BD

analogous

#BD814D #BDB94D #89BD4D

triadic

#BDB94D #4DBDB9 #B94DBD

tetradic

#BDB94D #4DBD81 #4D51BD #BD4D89

square

#BDB94D #4DBD81 #4D51BD #BD4D89

split-complementary

#BDB94D #4D89BD #814DBD

monochromatic

#696627 #959237 #BDB94D #CECB7A #DEDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDB94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB94D

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB94D	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.130 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd83',
    500: '#bdb94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb94d;
$custom-light: #d3cd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76795,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB94D

secondary

#9A9CCB

accent

#57D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB94D

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

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