#BDB221#BDB221

#BDB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.151 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB221
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -11.04, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 68.75, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0385 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.151 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1829, 42.7710, 7.7356)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB221 #212CBD

analogous

#BD6421 #BDB221 #7ABD21

triadic

#BDB221 #21BDB2 #B221BD

tetradic

#BDB221 #21BD64 #212CBD #BD217A

square

#BDB221 #21BD64 #212CBD #BD217A

split-complementary

#BDB221 #217ABD #6421BD

monochromatic

#55500F #898118 #BDB221 #DDD23E #E6DE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB221

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB221	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)

#C3AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.151 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c86c',
    500: '#bdb221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb221;
$custom-light: #d5c86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB221

secondary

#6D73CD

accent

#47ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB221

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

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