#BDBA4E#BDBA4E

#BDBA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.130 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA4E
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -12.88, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 55.33, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0393 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.13 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9215, 46.4879, 14.0764)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA4E #4E51BD

analogous

#BD824E #BDBA4E #89BD4E

triadic

#BDBA4E #4EBDBA #BA4EBD

tetradic

#BDBA4E #4EBD82 #4E51BD #BD4E89

square

#BDBA4E #4EBD82 #4E51BD #BD4E89

split-complementary

#BDBA4E #4E89BD #824EBD

monochromatic

#696827 #969338 #BDBA4E #CECB7B #DEDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDBA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA4E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA4E	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.130 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce84',
    500: '#bdba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba4e;
$custom-light: #d3ce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77021,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA4E

secondary

#9B9DCC

accent

#56D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA4E

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

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