#BDB044#BDB044

#BDB044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB044
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -8.39, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 55.80, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0276 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5565, 42.2883, 11.6519)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB044 #4451BD

analogous

#BD7444 #BDB044 #8DBD44

triadic

#BDB044 #44BDB0 #B044BD

tetradic

#BDB044 #44BD74 #4451BD #BD448D

square

#BDB044 #44BD74 #4451BD #BD448D

split-complementary

#BDB044 #448DBD #7444BD

monochromatic

#635D23 #918733 #BDB044 #CDC371 #DDD69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDB044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB044

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB044	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c77d',
    500: '#bdb044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb044;
$custom-light: #d4c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB044

secondary

#9399C9

accent

#5FD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB044

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

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