#BDB242#BDB242

#BDB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB242
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -9.56, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 57.37, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0312 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8915, 43.0544, 11.4676)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB242 #424DBD

analogous

#BD7442 #BDB242 #8BBD42

triadic

#BDB242 #42BDB2 #B242BD

tetradic

#BDB242 #42BD74 #424DBD #BD428B

square

#BDB242 #42BD74 #424DBD #BD428B

split-complementary

#BDB242 #428BBD #7442BD

monochromatic

#625D22 #908732 #BDB242 #CDC46F #DDD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BDB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB242

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB242	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87c',
    500: '#bdb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb242;
$custom-light: #d4c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB242

secondary

#9297C9

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB242

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

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