#BDB045#BDB045

#BDB045 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	#BDB045
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -8.33, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 55.37, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0274 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5872, 42.3006, 11.8140)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB045 #4552BD

analogous

#BD7445 #BDB045 #8EBD45

triadic

#BDB045 #45BDB0 #B045BD

tetradic

#BDB045 #45BD74 #4552BD #BD458E

square

#BDB045 #45BD74 #4552BD #BD458E

split-complementary

#BDB045 #458EBD #7445BD

monochromatic

#645D24 #918734 #BDB045 #CDC372 #DDD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDB045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB045

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB045	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)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c77e',
    500: '#bdb045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb045;
$custom-light: #d4c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB045

secondary

#949ACA

accent

#5FD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB045

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

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