#BDB026#BDB026

#BDB026 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.147 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB026
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 38)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -9.84, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 66.75, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0348 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.147 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8632, 42.0110, 8.0005)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB026 #2633BD

analogous

#BD6426 #BDB026 #7FBD26

triadic

#BDB026 #26BDB0 #B026BD

tetradic

#BDB026 #26BD64 #2633BD #BD267F

square

#BDB026 #26BD64 #2633BD #BD267F

split-complementary

#BDB026 #267FBD #6426BD

monochromatic

#575112 #8A811C #BDB026 #DACD46 #E4DB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BDB026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB026

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB026	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)

#C5B032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.147 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76d',
    500: '#bdb026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb026;
$custom-light: #d5c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB026

secondary

#737BCC

accent

#4DE93E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB026

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

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