#BDB126#BDB126

#BDB126 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	#BDB126
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 38)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -10.36, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 67.07, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0362 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.148 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0600, 42.4046, 8.0661)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB126 #2632BD

analogous

#BD6626 #BDB126 #7EBD26

triadic

#BDB126 #26BDB1 #B126BD

tetradic

#BDB126 #26BD66 #2632BD #BD267E

square

#BDB126 #26BD66 #2632BD #BD267E

split-complementary

#BDB126 #267EBD #6626BD

monochromatic

#575212 #8A811C #BDB126 #DACE46 #E4DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDB126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDB126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB126

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB126	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)

#C1AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.148 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c76e',
    500: '#bdb126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb126;
$custom-light: #d5c76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB126

secondary

#737ACC

accent

#4CE93E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB126

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

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