#BDBA43#BDBA43

#BDBA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.139 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA43
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -13.62, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 60.00, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0426 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5596, 46.3431, 12.1704)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA43 #4346BD

analogous

#BD7D43 #BDBA43 #83BD43

triadic

#BDBA43 #43BDBA #BA43BD

tetradic

#BDBA43 #43BD7D #4346BD #BD4383

square

#BDBA43 #43BD7D #4346BD #BD4383

split-complementary

#BDBA43 #4383BD #7D43BD

monochromatic

#636123 #908E33 #BDBA43 #CDCB70 #DDDB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDBA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA43

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA43	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7d',
    500: '#bdba43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba43;
$custom-light: #d4ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA43

secondary

#9394C9

accent

#54D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA43

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

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