#BDB047#BDB047

#BDB047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB047
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -8.20, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 54.51, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0268 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6504, 42.3259, 12.1465)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB047 #4754BD

analogous

#BD7547 #BDB047 #8FBD47

triadic

#BDB047 #47BDB0 #B047BD

tetradic

#BDB047 #47BD75 #4754BD #BD478F

square

#BDB047 #47BD75 #4754BD #BD478F

split-complementary

#BDB047 #478FBD #7547BD

monochromatic

#655E24 #928834 #BDB047 #CDC374 #DDD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDB047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB047

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB047	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c77f',
    500: '#bdb047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb047;
$custom-light: #d4c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74801,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB047

secondary

#969CCA

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB047

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

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