#BDBA3D#BDBA3D

#BDBA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.143 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA3D
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -13.96, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 62.37, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0442 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.143 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.3889, 46.2748, 11.2710)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA3D #3D40BD

analogous

#BD7A3D #BDBA3D #80BD3D

triadic

#BDBA3D #3DBDBA #BA3DBD

tetradic

#BDBA3D #3DBD7A #3D40BD #BD3D80

square

#BDBA3D #3DBD7A #3D40BD #BD3D80

split-complementary

#BDBA3D #3D80BD #7A3DBD

monochromatic

#605F1F #8F8C2E #BDBA3D #CECC69 #DDDC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDBA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA3D

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA3D	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)

#C9B32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.143 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7a',
    500: '#bdba3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba3d;
$custom-light: #d4ce7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76868,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA3D

secondary

#8D8EC9

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA3D

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

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