#BDBA3E#BDBA3E

#BDBA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA3E
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -13.91, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 61.99, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0439 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.4161, 46.2857, 11.4142)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA3E #3E41BD

analogous

#BD7B3E #BDBA3E #81BD3E

triadic

#BDBA3E #3EBDBA #BA3EBD

tetradic

#BDBA3E #3EBD7B #3E41BD #BD3E81

square

#BDBA3E #3EBD7B #3E41BD #BD3E81

split-complementary

#BDBA3E #3E81BD #7B3EBD

monochromatic

#615F20 #8F8D2F #BDBA3E #CECC6A #DDDC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDBA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA3E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA3E	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7a',
    500: '#bdba3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba3e;
$custom-light: #d4ce7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76875,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA3E

secondary

#8E8FC9

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA3E

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

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