#BDB240#BDB240

#BDB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB240
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -9.68, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 58.20, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0317 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8336, 43.0312, 11.1625)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB240 #404BBD

analogous

#BD7440 #BDB240 #8ABD40

triadic

#BDB240 #40BDB2 #B240BD

tetradic

#BDB240 #40BD74 #404BBD #BD408A

square

#BDB240 #40BD74 #404BBD #BD408A

split-complementary

#BDB240 #408ABD #7440BD

monochromatic

#625C21 #8F8731 #BDB240 #CDC56D #DDD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BDB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB240

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB240	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87b',
    500: '#bdb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb240;
$custom-light: #d4c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75164,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB240

secondary

#9095C9

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB240

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

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