#BDB124#BDB124

#BDB124 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	#BDB124
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -10.43, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 67.63, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0366 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.149 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0286, 42.3920, 7.9008)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB124 #2430BD

analogous

#BD6524 #BDB124 #7DBD24

triadic

#BDB124 #24BDB1 #B124BD

tetradic

#BDB124 #24BD65 #2430BD #BD247D

square

#BDB124 #24BD65 #2430BD #BD247D

split-complementary

#BDB124 #247DBD #6524BD

monochromatic

#565110 #8A811A #BDB124 #DBCF43 #E5DC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB124 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB124

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB124	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)

#CCA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.149 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76d',
    500: '#bdb124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb124;
$custom-light: #d5c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74765,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB124

secondary

#7078CC

accent

#4BEB3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB124

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

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