#BDB230#BDB230

#BDB230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.144 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB230
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -10.49, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 64.23, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0357 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.144 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4418, 42.8745, 9.0991)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB230 #303BBD

analogous

#BD6C30 #BDB230 #82BD30

triadic

#BDB230 #30BDB2 #B230BD

tetradic

#BDB230 #30BD6C #303BBD #BD3082

square

#BDB230 #30BD6C #303BBD #BD3082

split-complementary

#BDB230 #3082BD #6C30BD

monochromatic

#5B5617 #8C8424 #BDB230 #D4CA56 #E0DA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDB230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB230

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB230	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)

#C2AC15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.144 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c872',
    500: '#bdb230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb230;
$custom-light: #d5c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75046,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB230

secondary

#7F85CA

accent

#51E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB230

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

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