#BDB222#BDB222

#BDB222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.151 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB222
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -11.01, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 68.49, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0383 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.151 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1971, 42.7766, 7.8104)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB222 #222DBD

analogous

#BD6422 #BDB222 #7ABD22

triadic

#BDB222 #22BDB2 #B222BD

tetradic

#BDB222 #22BD64 #222DBD #BD227A

square

#BDB222 #22BD64 #222DBD #BD227A

split-complementary

#BDB222 #227ABD #6422BD

monochromatic

#55500F #898119 #BDB222 #DDD140 #E6DE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BDB222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB222

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB222	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.151 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c86c',
    500: '#bdb222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb222;
$custom-light: #d5c86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.742,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74972,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB222

secondary

#6E75CD

accent

#48EC3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB222

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

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