#BDBA3A#BDBA3A

#BDBA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.145 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA3A
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -14.12, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 63.51, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0449 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.145 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.3103, 46.2434, 10.8573)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA3A #3A3DBD

analogous

#BD783A #BDBA3A #7EBD3A

triadic

#BDBA3A #3ABDBA #BA3ABD

tetradic

#BDBA3A #3ABD78 #3A3DBD #BD3A7E

square

#BDBA3A #3ABD78 #3A3DBD #BD3A7E

split-complementary

#BDBA3A #3A7EBD #783ABD

monochromatic

#5F5E1D #8E8C2C #BDBA3A #D0CD65 #DEDC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDBA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA3A

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA3A	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.145 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce78',
    500: '#bdba3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba3a;
$custom-light: #d4ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76845,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA3A

secondary

#8A8BC9

accent

#4FDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA3A

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

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