#BDBA40#BDBA40

#BDBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.141 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA40
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -13.79, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 61.20, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0434 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.141 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4720, 46.3080, 11.7086)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA40 #4043BD

analogous

#BD7C40 #BDBA40 #82BD40

triadic

#BDBA40 #40BDBA #BA40BD

tetradic

#BDBA40 #40BD7C #4043BD #BD4082

square

#BDBA40 #40BD7C #4043BD #BD4082

split-complementary

#BDBA40 #4082BD #7C40BD

monochromatic

#626021 #8F8D31 #BDBA40 #CDCB6D #DDDB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA40

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA40	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)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.141 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7b',
    500: '#bdba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba40;
$custom-light: #d4ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76892,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA40

secondary

#9091C9

accent

#52D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA40

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

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