#BDB121#BDB121

#BDB121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.150 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB121
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -10.52, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 68.44, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.037 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.15 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9846, 42.3745, 7.6695)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB121 #212DBD

analogous

#BD6321 #BDB121 #7BBD21

triadic

#BDB121 #21BDB1 #B121BD

tetradic

#BDB121 #21BD63 #212DBD #BD217B

square

#BDB121 #21BD63 #212DBD #BD217B

split-complementary

#BDB121 #217BBD #6321BD

monochromatic

#554F0F #898018 #BDB121 #DDD13E #E6DD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BDB121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB121

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB121	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)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.150 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76c',
    500: '#bdb121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb121;
$custom-light: #d5c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74752,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB121

secondary

#6D74CD

accent

#48ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB121

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

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