#BDBA47#BDBA47

#BDBA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA47
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 71)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -13.36, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 58.34, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0414 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.136 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6838, 46.3928, 12.8243)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA47 #474ABD

analogous

#BD7F47 #BDBA47 #85BD47

triadic

#BDBA47 #47BDBA #BA47BD

tetradic

#BDBA47 #47BD7F #474ABD #BD4785

square

#BDBA47 #47BD7F #474ABD #BD4785

split-complementary

#BDBA47 #4785BD #7F47BD

monochromatic

#656424 #929034 #BDBA47 #CDCB74 #DDDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDBA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA47

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA47	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)

#C9B339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce7f',
    500: '#bdba47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba47;
$custom-light: #d4ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA47

secondary

#9697CA

accent

#54D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA47

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

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