#BDB049#BDB049

#BDB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB049
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -8.07, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 53.63, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0261 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7156, 42.3520, 12.4901)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB049 #4956BD

analogous

#BD7649 #BDB049 #90BD49

triadic

#BDB049 #49BDB0 #B049BD

tetradic

#BDB049 #49BD76 #4956BD #BD4990

square

#BDB049 #49BD76 #4956BD #BD4990

split-complementary

#BDB049 #4990BD #7649BD

monochromatic

#665F25 #938935 #BDB049 #CDC376 #DED7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BDB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB049

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB049	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c780',
    500: '#bdb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb049;
$custom-light: #d4c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74821,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB049

secondary

#979DCA

accent

#60D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB049

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

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