#BDB024#BDB024

#BDB024 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.148 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB024
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -9.91, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 67.32, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0351 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.148 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8318, 41.9985, 7.8352)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB024 #2431BD

analogous

#BD6424 #BDB024 #7EBD24

triadic

#BDB024 #24BDB0 #B024BD

tetradic

#BDB024 #24BD64 #2431BD #BD247E

square

#BDB024 #24BD64 #2431BD #BD247E

split-complementary

#BDB024 #247EBD #6424BD

monochromatic

#565010 #8A801A #BDB024 #DBCE43 #E5DC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDB024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB024

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB024	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)

#C5B030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.148 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76d',
    500: '#bdb024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb024;
$custom-light: #d5c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB024

secondary

#7078CC

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB024

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

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