#BDB042#BDB042

#BDB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB042
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -8.52, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 56.65, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0282 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4965, 42.2643, 11.3359)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB042 #424FBD

analogous

#BD7342 #BDB042 #8CBD42

triadic

#BDB042 #42BDB0 #B042BD

tetradic

#BDB042 #42BD73 #424FBD #BD428C

square

#BDB042 #42BD73 #424FBD #BD428C

split-complementary

#BDB042 #428CBD #7342BD

monochromatic

#625C22 #908632 #BDB042 #CDC36F #DDD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB042

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB042	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)

#BFAB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c77c',
    500: '#bdb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb042;
$custom-light: #d4c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74754,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB042

secondary

#9298C9

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB042

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

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