#bdb72d

Color #bdb72d

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 22.03 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb72d

RGB

rgb(189, 183, 45)

HSL

hsl(57.5, 61.5%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(57.5, 76.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 76.2%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(72.81, -13.19, 65.61)

LCH

lch(72.81, 66.92, 101.37)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.1499, 106.88)

HWB

hwb(57.5, 17.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2d33bd

Analogous

#bd6f2d

#bdb72d

#7bbd2d

Triadic

#bdb72d

#2dbdb7

#b72dbd

Split-complementary

#bdb72d

#2d7bbd

#6f2dbd

Tetradic

#bdb72d

#33bd2d

#2d33bd

#b72dbd

Square

#bdb72d

#2dbd6f

#2d33bd

#bd2d7b

Shades

Color #bdb72d mixed toward black.

#9e9926

#7e7a1e

#5f5c17

#3f3d0f

#201f08

Tints

Color #bdb72d mixed toward white.

#d3cd45

#dcd76a

#e4e190

#edebb5

#f6f5da

Tones

Color #bdb72d mixed toward gray.

#b1ac39

#a5a145

#999651

#8d8b5d

#818069

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba67 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#bbbb6f · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#bd8186 · ΔE 42.5

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb72d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb72d]

Related colors

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Frequently asked questions

#bdb72d (#bdb72d) is rgb(189, 183, 45) in RGB.

No, #bdb72d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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