#BDB025#BDB025

#BDB025 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	#BDB025
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -9.88, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 67.04, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0349 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.148 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8472, 42.0046, 7.9167)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB025 #2532BD

analogous

#BD6425 #BDB025 #7EBD25

triadic

#BDB025 #25BDB0 #B025BD

tetradic

#BDB025 #25BD64 #2532BD #BD257E

square

#BDB025 #25BD64 #2532BD #BD257E

split-complementary

#BDB025 #257EBD #6425BD

monochromatic

#575111 #8A801B #BDB025 #DBCE45 #E5DB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDB025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB025

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB025	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)

#C5B031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.148 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76d',
    500: '#bdb025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb025;
$custom-light: #d5c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.868,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB025

secondary

#7279CC

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB025

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

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