#BDBA3B#BDBA3B

#BDBA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.144 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA3B
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -14.07, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 63.13, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0447 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.3360, 46.2536, 10.9926)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA3B #3B3EBD

analogous

#BD793B #BDBA3B #7FBD3B

triadic

#BDBA3B #3BBDBA #BA3BBD

tetradic

#BDBA3B #3BBD79 #3B3EBD #BD3B7F

square

#BDBA3B #3BBD79 #3B3EBD #BD3B7F

split-complementary

#BDBA3B #3B7FBD #793BBD

monochromatic

#605E1E #8E8C2C #BDBA3B #CFCD66 #DEDC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDBA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA3B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA3B	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)

#C9B327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce79',
    500: '#bdba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba3b;
$custom-light: #d4ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76852,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA3B

secondary

#8B8CC9

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA3B

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

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