#BDB148#BDB148

#BDB148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB148
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -8.65, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 54.44, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0279 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8795, 42.7324, 12.3825)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB148 #4854BD

analogous

#BD7648 #BDB148 #8EBD48

triadic

#BDB148 #48BDB1 #B148BD

tetradic

#BDB148 #48BD76 #4854BD #BD488E

square

#BDB148 #48BD76 #4854BD #BD488E

split-complementary

#BDB148 #488EBD #7648BD

monochromatic

#665F25 #938935 #BDB148 #CDC475 #DDD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDB148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB148

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB148	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87f',
    500: '#bdb148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb148;
$custom-light: #d4c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75024,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB148

secondary

#979CCA

accent

#5FD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB148

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

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