#BDBA49#BDBA49

#BDBA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.134 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA49
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -13.23, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 57.49, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0408 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.134 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7490, 46.4189, 13.1679)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA49 #494CBD

analogous

#BD8049 #BDBA49 #86BD49

triadic

#BDBA49 #49BDBA #BA49BD

tetradic

#BDBA49 #49BD80 #494CBD #BD4986

square

#BDBA49 #49BD80 #494CBD #BD4986

split-complementary

#BDBA49 #4986BD #8049BD

monochromatic

#666525 #939135 #BDBA49 #CDCB76 #DEDCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA49

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA49	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)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.134 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce81',
    500: '#bdba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba49;
$custom-light: #d4ce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76972,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA49

secondary

#9799CA

accent

#55D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA49

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

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