#BDB040#BDB040

#BDB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB040
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -8.64, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 57.48, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0288 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4385, 42.2412, 11.0308)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB040 #404DBD

analogous

#BD7240 #BDB040 #8CBD40

triadic

#BDB040 #40BDB0 #B040BD

tetradic

#BDB040 #40BD72 #404DBD #BD408C

square

#BDB040 #40BD72 #404DBD #BD408C

split-complementary

#BDB040 #408CBD #7240BD

monochromatic

#625B21 #8F8531 #BDB040 #CDC36D #DDD69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB040

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB040	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c77b',
    500: '#bdb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb040;
$custom-light: #d4c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74736,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB040

secondary

#9096C9

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB040

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

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