#BDB247#BDB247

#BDB247 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB247
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -9.24, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 55.25, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0297 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.128 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0454, 43.1160, 12.2782)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB247 #4752BD

analogous

#BD7747 #BDB247 #8DBD47

triadic

#BDB247 #47BDB2 #B247BD

tetradic

#BDB247 #47BD77 #4752BD #BD478D

square

#BDB247 #47BD77 #4752BD #BD478D

split-complementary

#BDB247 #478DBD #7747BD

monochromatic

#655F24 #928A34 #BDB247 #CDC574 #DDD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDB247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB247

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB247	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)

#C1AC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87f',
    500: '#bdb247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb247;
$custom-light: #d4c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB247

secondary

#969BCA

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB247

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

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