#BDB246#BDB246

#BDB246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB246
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -9.31, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 55.68, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.03 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0136, 43.1032, 12.1105)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB246 #4651BD

analogous

#BD7646 #BDB246 #8CBD46

triadic

#BDB246 #46BDB2 #B246BD

tetradic

#BDB246 #46BD76 #4651BD #BD468C

square

#BDB246 #46BD76 #4651BD #BD468C

split-complementary

#BDB246 #468CBD #7646BD

monochromatic

#655F24 #928934 #BDB246 #CDC573 #DDD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDB246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB246

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB246	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)

#C1AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87e',
    500: '#bdb246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb246;
$custom-light: #d4c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB246

secondary

#959ACA

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB246

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

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