#BDB048#BDB048

#BDB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB048
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -8.13, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 54.07, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0264 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6827, 42.3388, 12.3169)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB048 #4855BD

analogous

#BD7548 #BDB048 #8FBD48

triadic

#BDB048 #48BDB0 #B048BD

tetradic

#BDB048 #48BD75 #4855BD #BD488F

square

#BDB048 #48BD75 #4855BD #BD488F

split-complementary

#BDB048 #488FBD #7548BD

monochromatic

#665F25 #938835 #BDB048 #CDC375 #DDD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BDB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB048

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB048	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c77f',
    500: '#bdb048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb048;
$custom-light: #d4c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74811,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB048

secondary

#979CCA

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB048

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

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