#BDBA4A#BDBA4A

#BDBA4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.133 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA4A
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -13.16, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 57.07, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0405 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.133 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7825, 46.4322, 13.3440)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA4A #4A4DBD

analogous

#BD814A #BDBA4A #87BD4A

triadic

#BDBA4A #4ABDBA #BA4ABD

tetradic

#BDBA4A #4ABD81 #4A4DBD #BD4A87

square

#BDBA4A #4ABD81 #4A4DBD #BD4A87

split-complementary

#BDBA4A #4A87BD #814ABD

monochromatic

#676526 #949136 #BDBA4A #CDCB77 #DEDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BDBA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA4A

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA4A	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.133 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce81',
    500: '#bdba4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba4a;
$custom-light: #d4ce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76981,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA4A

secondary

#9899CB

accent

#55D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA4A

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

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