#BDB130#BDB130

#BDB130 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.143 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB130
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -9.98, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 63.90, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0342 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.143 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2435, 42.4780, 9.0330)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB130 #303CBD

analogous

#BD6B30 #BDB130 #83BD30

triadic

#BDB130 #30BDB1 #B130BD

tetradic

#BDB130 #30BD6B #303CBD #BD3083

square

#BDB130 #30BD6B #303CBD #BD3083

split-complementary

#BDB130 #3083BD #6B30BD

monochromatic

#5B5617 #8C8324 #BDB130 #D4C956 #E0D987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB130 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDB130 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB130

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB130	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB130	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb130;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.143 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c872',
    500: '#bdb130',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb130;
$custom-light: #d5c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb130",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74831,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB130

secondary

#7F85CA

accent

#53E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB130

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

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