#BDBA3C#BDBA3C

#BDBA3C 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	#BDBA3C
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -14.02, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 62.75, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0444 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.3622, 46.2641, 11.1305)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA3C #3C3FBD

analogous

#BD7A3C #BDBA3C #80BD3C

triadic

#BDBA3C #3CBDBA #BA3CBD

tetradic

#BDBA3C #3CBD7A #3C3FBD #BD3C80

square

#BDBA3C #3CBD7A #3C3FBD #BD3C80

split-complementary

#BDBA3C #3C80BD #7A3CBD

monochromatic

#605F1F #8F8C2D #BDBA3C #CFCC67 #DEDC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDBA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA3C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA3C	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)

#C9B329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce79',
    500: '#bdba3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba3c;
$custom-light: #d4ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7686,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA3C

secondary

#8C8DC9

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA3C

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

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