#BDBA4B#BDBA4B

#BDBA4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.132 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA4B
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -13.09, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 56.64, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0402 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.132 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8164, 46.4458, 13.5228)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA4B #4B4EBD

analogous

#BD814B #BDBA4B #87BD4B

triadic

#BDBA4B #4BBDBA #BA4BBD

tetradic

#BDBA4B #4BBD81 #4B4EBD #BD4B87

square

#BDBA4B #4BBD81 #4B4EBD #BD4B87

split-complementary

#BDBA4B #4B87BD #814BBD

monochromatic

#686626 #949236 #BDBA4B #CDCB78 #DEDCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BDBA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA4B

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA4B	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)

#C8B33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.132 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce82',
    500: '#bdba4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba4b;
$custom-light: #d4ce82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76991,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA4B

secondary

#999ACB

accent

#55D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA4B

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

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