#BDBA2F#BDBA2F

#BDBA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.152 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA2F
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -14.64, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 67.34, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0474 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.152 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0598, 46.1432, 9.5378)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA2F #2F32BD

analogous

#BD732F #BDBA2F #79BD2F

triadic

#BDBA2F #2FBDBA #BA2FBD

tetradic

#BDBA2F #2FBD73 #2F32BD #BD2F79

square

#BDBA2F #2FBD73 #2F32BD #BD2F79

split-complementary

#BDBA2F #2F79BD #732FBD

monochromatic

#5B5A17 #8C8A23 #BDBA2F #D5D255 #E1DF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDBA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA2F

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA2F	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB20E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.152 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce73',
    500: '#bdba2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba2f;
$custom-light: #d5ce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA2F

secondary

#7E7FCA

accent

#48E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA2F

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

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