#BDB022#BDB022

#BDB022 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	#BDB022
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -9.97, 67.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 67.87, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0354 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.149 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8021, 41.9866, 7.6788)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB022 #222FBD

analogous

#BD6222 #BDB022 #7CBD22

triadic

#BDB022 #22BDB0 #B022BD

tetradic

#BDB022 #22BD62 #222FBD #BD227C

square

#BDB022 #22BD62 #222FBD #BD227C

split-complementary

#BDB022 #227CBD #6222BD

monochromatic

#554F0F #898019 #BDB022 #DDCF40 #E6DC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDB022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB022

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB022	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#C5B02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76c',
    500: '#bdb022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb022;
$custom-light: #d5c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.968,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74541,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB022

secondary

#6E76CD

accent

#4AEC3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB022

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

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