#BDBA3F#BDBA3F

#BDBA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA3F
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -13.85, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 61.59, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0436 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.142 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4438, 46.2967, 11.5601)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA3F #3F42BD

analogous

#BD7B3F #BDBA3F #81BD3F

triadic

#BDBA3F #3FBDBA #BA3FBD

tetradic

#BDBA3F #3FBD7B #3F42BD #BD3F81

square

#BDBA3F #3FBD7B #3F42BD #BD3F81

split-complementary

#BDBA3F #3F81BD #7B3FBD

monochromatic

#616020 #8F8D30 #BDBA3F #CECB6B #DDDB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDBA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA3F

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA3F	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)

#C9B32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7b',
    500: '#bdba3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba3f;
$custom-light: #d4ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76883,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA3F

secondary

#8F90C9

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA3F

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

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