#BDBA44#BDBA44

#BDBA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.138 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA44
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -13.55, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 59.59, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0423 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.138 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5899, 46.3552, 12.3297)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA44 #4447BD

analogous

#BD7D44 #BDBA44 #84BD44

triadic

#BDBA44 #44BDBA #BA44BD

tetradic

#BDBA44 #44BD7D #4447BD #BD4484

square

#BDBA44 #44BD7D #4447BD #BD4484

split-complementary

#BDBA44 #4484BD #7D44BD

monochromatic

#636223 #918E33 #BDBA44 #CDCB71 #DDDB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDBA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA44

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA44	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.138 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7e',
    500: '#bdba44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba44;
$custom-light: #d4ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76926,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA44

secondary

#9395C9

accent

#54D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA44

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

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