#BDBA2B#BDBA2B

#BDBA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.154 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA2B
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -14.79, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 68.58, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0482 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.154 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9828, 46.1123, 9.1322)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA2B #2B2EBD

analogous

#BD712B #BDBA2B #77BD2B

triadic

#BDBA2B #2BBDBA #BA2BBD

tetradic

#BDBA2B #2BBD71 #2B2EBD #BD2B77

square

#BDBA2B #2BBD71 #2B2EBD #BD2B77

split-complementary

#BDBA2B #2B77BD #712BBD

monochromatic

#595814 #8B8920 #BDBA2B #D7D44E #E2E080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BDBA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA2B

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA2B	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.154 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce71',
    500: '#bdba2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba2b;
$custom-light: #d5ce71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7675,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA2B

secondary

#797BCB

accent

#45E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA2B

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

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