#BDBA46#BDBA46

#BDBA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.136 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA46
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 70)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -13.43, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 58.76, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0417 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.136 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6520, 46.3800, 12.6567)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA46 #4649BD

analogous

#BD7E46 #BDBA46 #84BD46

triadic

#BDBA46 #46BDBA #BA46BD

tetradic

#BDBA46 #46BD7E #4649BD #BD4684

square

#BDBA46 #46BD7E #4649BD #BD4684

split-complementary

#BDBA46 #4684BD #7E46BD

monochromatic

#656324 #928F34 #BDBA46 #CDCB73 #DDDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDBA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA46

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA46	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.136 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7f',
    500: '#bdba46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba46;
$custom-light: #d4ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76944,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA46

secondary

#9596CA

accent

#54D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA46

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

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