#BDB023#BDB023

#BDB023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.148 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB023
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -9.94, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 67.60, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0353 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.148 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8167, 41.9924, 7.7558)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB023 #2330BD

analogous

#BD6323 #BDB023 #7DBD23

triadic

#BDB023 #23BDB0 #B023BD

tetradic

#BDB023 #23BD63 #2330BD #BD237D

square

#BDB023 #23BD63 #2330BD #BD237D

split-complementary

#BDB023 #237DBD #6323BD

monochromatic

#565010 #898019 #BDB023 #DCCF41 #E5DC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDB023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB023

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB023	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: #bdb023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.148 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76c',
    500: '#bdb023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb023;
$custom-light: #d5c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.935,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74545,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB023

secondary

#6F77CD

accent

#4BEC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB023

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

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