#BDB24B#BDB24B

#BDB24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB24B
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -8.97, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 53.49, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0285 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1780, 43.1690, 12.9767)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB24B #4B56BD

analogous

#BD794B #BDB24B #8FBD4B

triadic

#BDB24B #4BBDB2 #B24BBD

tetradic

#BDB24B #4BBD79 #4B56BD #BD4B8F

square

#BDB24B #4BBD79 #4B56BD #BD4B8F

split-complementary

#BDB24B #4B8FBD #794BBD

monochromatic

#686126 #948B36 #BDB24B #CDC578 #DED8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB24B

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB24B	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)

#C1AD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c881',
    500: '#bdb24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb24b;
$custom-light: #d4c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75269,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB24B

secondary

#999ECB

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB24B

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

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