#BDB149#BDB149

#BDB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB149
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -8.59, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 54.00, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0276 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9124, 42.7456, 12.5557)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB149 #4955BD

analogous

#BD7749 #BDB149 #8FBD49

triadic

#BDB149 #49BDB1 #B149BD

tetradic

#BDB149 #49BD77 #4955BD #BD498F

square

#BDB149 #49BD77 #4955BD #BD498F

split-complementary

#BDB149 #498FBD #7749BD

monochromatic

#666025 #938A35 #BDB149 #CDC476 #DED7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB149

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB149	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)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c880',
    500: '#bdb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb149;
$custom-light: #d4c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75034,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB149

secondary

#979DCA

accent

#5FD651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB149

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

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