#BDB22E#BDB22E

#BDB22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB22E
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -10.58, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 64.91, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0361 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4014, 42.8584, 8.8866)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB22E #2E39BD

analogous

#BD6A2E #BDB22E #80BD2E

triadic

#BDB22E #2EBDB2 #B22EBD

tetradic

#BDB22E #2EBD6A #2E39BD #BD2E80

square

#BDB22E #2EBD6A #2E39BD #BD2E80

split-complementary

#BDB22E #2E80BD #6A2EBD

monochromatic

#5B5516 #8C8422 #BDB22E #D5CB53 #E1DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDB22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB22E

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB22E	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)

#C2AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c871',
    500: '#bdb22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb22e;
$custom-light: #d5c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75034,
    "c": 0.14484,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB22E

secondary

#7C82CA

accent

#50E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB22E

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

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