#BDB125#BDB125

#BDB125 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.148 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB125
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -10.40, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 67.35, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0364 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.148 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0440, 42.3982, 7.9823)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB125 #2531BD

analogous

#BD6525 #BDB125 #7DBD25

triadic

#BDB125 #25BDB1 #B125BD

tetradic

#BDB125 #25BD65 #2531BD #BD257D

square

#BDB125 #25BD65 #2531BD #BD257D

split-complementary

#BDB125 #257DBD #6525BD

monochromatic

#575111 #8A811B #BDB125 #DBCF45 #E5DC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB125 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB125 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB125

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB125	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB125	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)

#C5B131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb125;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.148 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76d',
    500: '#bdb125',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb125;
$custom-light: #d5c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb125",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB125

secondary

#7279CC

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB125

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

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