#BDBA41#BDBA41

#BDBA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.140 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA41
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -13.73, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 60.80, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0431 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.14 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5007, 46.3195, 11.8598)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA41 #4144BD

analogous

#BD7C41 #BDBA41 #82BD41

triadic

#BDBA41 #41BDBA #BA41BD

tetradic

#BDBA41 #41BD7C #4144BD #BD4182

square

#BDBA41 #41BD7C #4144BD #BD4182

split-complementary

#BDBA41 #4182BD #7C41BD

monochromatic

#626022 #8F8D31 #BDBA41 #CDCB6E #DDDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDBA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA41

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA41	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)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.140 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7c',
    500: '#bdba41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba41;
$custom-light: #d4ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.769,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA41

secondary

#9192C9

accent

#53D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA41

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

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