#BDB021#BDB021

#BDB021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB021
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -10.00, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 68.13, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0356 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.149 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7879, 41.9809, 7.6039)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB021 #212EBD

analogous

#BD6221 #BDB021 #7CBD21

triadic

#BDB021 #21BDB0 #B021BD

tetradic

#BDB021 #21BD62 #212EBD #BD217C

square

#BDB021 #21BD62 #212EBD #BD217C

split-complementary

#BDB021 #217CBD #6221BD

monochromatic

#554F0F #897F18 #BDB021 #DDD03E #E6DD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDB021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDB021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB021

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB021	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76b',
    500: '#bdb021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb021;
$custom-light: #d5c76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB021

secondary

#6D75CD

accent

#4AED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB021

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

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