#BDB250#BDB250

#BDB250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB250
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -8.60, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 51.23, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0269 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.12 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3559, 43.2402, 13.9136)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB250 #505BBD

analogous

#BD7B50 #BDB250 #91BD50

triadic

#BDB250 #50BDB2 #B250BD

tetradic

#BDB250 #50BD7B #505BBD #BD5091

square

#BDB250 #50BD7B #505BBD #BD5091

split-complementary

#BDB250 #5091BD #7B50BD

monochromatic

#6A6428 #978D39 #BDB250 #CEC67C #DFD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB250

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB250	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c884',
    500: '#bdb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb250;
$custom-light: #d3c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75322,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB250

secondary

#9DA2CC

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB250

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

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