#BDB123#BDB123

#BDB123 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.149 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB123
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -10.46, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 67.91, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0367 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.149 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0135, 42.3860, 7.8214)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB123 #232FBD

analogous

#BD6423 #BDB123 #7CBD23

triadic

#BDB123 #23BDB1 #B123BD

tetradic

#BDB123 #23BD64 #232FBD #BD237C

square

#BDB123 #23BD64 #232FBD #BD237C

split-complementary

#BDB123 #237CBD #6423BD

monochromatic

#565010 #898119 #BDB123 #DCD041 #E5DD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB123 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB123

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB123	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.149 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76c',
    500: '#bdb123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb123;
$custom-light: #d5c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7476,
    "c": 0.14932,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB123

secondary

#6F76CD

accent

#4AEC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB123

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

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