#BDB030#BDB030

#BDB030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.142 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB030
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -9.46, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 63.57, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0328 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.142 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0467, 42.0844, 8.9674)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB030 #303DBD

analogous

#BD6A30 #BDB030 #84BD30

triadic

#BDB030 #30BDB0 #B030BD

tetradic

#BDB030 #30BD6A #303DBD #BD3084

square

#BDB030 #30BD6A #303DBD #BD3084

split-complementary

#BDB030 #3084BD #6A30BD

monochromatic

#5B5517 #8C8324 #BDB030 #D4C856 #E0D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDB030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB030

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB030	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.142 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c772',
    500: '#bdb030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb030;
$custom-light: #d5c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB030

secondary

#7F86CA

accent

#54E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB030

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

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