#BDBA45#BDBA45

#BDBA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.137 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA45
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -13.49, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 59.18, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.042 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.137 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6207, 46.3675, 12.4918)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA45 #4548BD

analogous

#BD7E45 #BDBA45 #84BD45

triadic

#BDBA45 #45BDBA #BA45BD

tetradic

#BDBA45 #45BD7E #4548BD #BD4584

square

#BDBA45 #45BD7E #4548BD #BD4584

split-complementary

#BDBA45 #4584BD #7E45BD

monochromatic

#646224 #918F34 #BDBA45 #CDCB72 #DDDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDBA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA45

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA45	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)

#C9B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.137 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7e',
    500: '#bdba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba45;
$custom-light: #d4ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76934,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA45

secondary

#9496CA

accent

#54D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA45

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

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