#BDB225#BDB225

#BDB225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB225
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -10.91, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 67.67, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0378 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.149 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2423, 42.7947, 8.0484)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB225 #2530BD

analogous

#BD6625 #BDB225 #7CBD25

triadic

#BDB225 #25BDB2 #B225BD

tetradic

#BDB225 #25BD66 #2530BD #BD257C

square

#BDB225 #25BD66 #2530BD #BD257C

split-complementary

#BDB225 #257CBD #6625BD

monochromatic

#575211 #8A821B #BDB225 #DBD045 #E5DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BDB225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB225

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB225	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)

#C2AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c86d',
    500: '#bdb225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb225;
$custom-light: #d5c86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.658,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74985,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB225

secondary

#7278CC

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB225

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

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