#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
RGBrgb(189, 178, 48)
HSLhsl(55, 59%, 46%)
HSVhsv(55, 75%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.8%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.47, -10.49, 63.37)
CIE-LCHlch(71.47, 64.23, 99.40°)
OKLaboklab(75.05% -0.0357 0.1392)
OKLCHoklch(75.05% 0.144 104.4)
XYZxyz(37.4418, 42.8745, 9.0991)
Luminance0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDB2301.002.199.579.57
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5721.001.001.00
##0000009.5721.001.001.00

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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#BDB230 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva