#BDB146#BDB146

#BDB146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.128 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB146
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -8.79, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 55.31, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0285 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8153, 42.7067, 12.0445)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB146 #4652BD

analogous

#BD7646 #BDB146 #8DBD46

triadic

#BDB146 #46BDB1 #B146BD

tetradic

#BDB146 #46BD76 #4652BD #BD468D

square

#BDB146 #46BD76 #4652BD #BD468D

split-complementary

#BDB146 #468DBD #7646BD

monochromatic

#655E24 #928834 #BDB146 #CDC473 #DDD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BDB146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB146

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB146	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87e',
    500: '#bdb146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb146;
$custom-light: #d4c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75005,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB146

secondary

#959ACA

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB146

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

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