#BDB244#BDB244

#BDB244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB244
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -9.44, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 56.53, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0306 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.13 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9515, 43.0784, 11.7836)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB244 #444FBD

analogous

#BD7544 #BDB244 #8CBD44

triadic

#BDB244 #44BDB2 #B244BD

tetradic

#BDB244 #44BD75 #444FBD #BD448C

square

#BDB244 #44BD75 #444FBD #BD448C

split-complementary

#BDB244 #448CBD #7544BD

monochromatic

#635E23 #918833 #BDB244 #CDC571 #DDD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDB244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB244

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB244	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87d',
    500: '#bdb244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb244;
$custom-light: #d4c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.752,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB244

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5DD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB244

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

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