#BDB245#BDB245

#BDB245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB245
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -9.37, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 56.11, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0303 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9823, 43.0907, 11.9457)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB245 #4550BD

analogous

#BD7645 #BDB245 #8CBD45

triadic

#BDB245 #45BDB2 #B245BD

tetradic

#BDB245 #45BD76 #4550BD #BD458C

square

#BDB245 #45BD76 #4550BD #BD458C

split-complementary

#BDB245 #458CBD #7645BD

monochromatic

#645E24 #918934 #BDB245 #CDC572 #DDD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDB245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB245

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB245	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)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87e',
    500: '#bdb245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb245;
$custom-light: #d4c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75209,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB245

secondary

#9499CA

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB245

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

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