#BDB22C#BDB22C

#BDB22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.146 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB22C
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -10.66, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 65.56, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0365 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.146 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3629, 42.8430, 8.6838)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB22C #2C37BD

analogous

#BD692C #BDB22C #7FBD2C

triadic

#BDB22C #2CBDB2 #B22CBD

tetradic

#BDB22C #2CBD69 #2C37BD #BD2C7F

square

#BDB22C #2CBD69 #2C37BD #BD2C7F

split-complementary

#BDB22C #2C7FBD #692CBD

monochromatic

#5A5415 #8B8320 #BDB22C #D6CC50 #E2DB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB22C

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB22C	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.146 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c870',
    500: '#bdb22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb22c;
$custom-light: #d5c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.448,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB22C

secondary

#7A80CB

accent

#4FE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB22C

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

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