#BDB248#BDB248

#BDB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB248
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -9.18, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 54.81, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0294 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.127 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0778, 43.1289, 12.4486)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB248 #4853BD

analogous

#BD7748 #BDB248 #8DBD48

triadic

#BDB248 #48BDB2 #B248BD

tetradic

#BDB248 #48BD77 #4853BD #BD488D

square

#BDB248 #48BD77 #4853BD #BD488D

split-complementary

#BDB248 #488DBD #7748BD

monochromatic

#666025 #938A35 #BDB248 #CDC575 #DDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB248

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB248	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87f',
    500: '#bdb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb248;
$custom-light: #d4c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB248

secondary

#979BCA

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB248

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

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