#BDB249#BDB249

#BDB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB249
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -9.11, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 54.37, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0291 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1106, 43.1421, 12.6218)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB249 #4954BD

analogous

#BD7849 #BDB249 #8EBD49

triadic

#BDB249 #49BDB2 #B249BD

tetradic

#BDB249 #49BD78 #4954BD #BD498E

square

#BDB249 #49BD78 #4954BD #BD498E

split-complementary

#BDB249 #498EBD #7849BD

monochromatic

#666025 #938A35 #BDB249 #CDC576 #DED8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB249

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB249	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)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c880',
    500: '#bdb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb249;
$custom-light: #d4c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75248,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB249

secondary

#979CCA

accent

#5ED651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB249

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

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