#BDB142#BDB142

#BDB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB142
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -9.04, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 57.01, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0297 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.131 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6933, 42.6579, 11.4015)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB142 #424EBD

analogous

#BD7342 #BDB142 #8CBD42

triadic

#BDB142 #42BDB1 #B142BD

tetradic

#BDB142 #42BD73 #424EBD #BD428C

square

#BDB142 #42BD73 #424EBD #BD428C

split-complementary

#BDB142 #428CBD #7342BD

monochromatic

#625C22 #908732 #BDB142 #CDC46F #DDD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB142

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB142	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87c',
    500: '#bdb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb142;
$custom-light: #d4c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74968,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB142

secondary

#9297C9

accent

#5DD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB142

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

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