#BDB321#BDB321

#BDB321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.152 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB321
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -11.55, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 69.06, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0399 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.152 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3826, 43.1703, 7.8021)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB321 #212BBD

analogous

#BD6521 #BDB321 #79BD21

triadic

#BDB321 #21BDB3 #B321BD

tetradic

#BDB321 #21BD65 #212BBD #BD2179

square

#BDB321 #21BD65 #212BBD #BD2179

split-complementary

#BDB321 #2179BD #6521BD

monochromatic

#55500F #898218 #BDB321 #DDD33E #E6DF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB321

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB321	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)

#C4AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.152 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c96c',
    500: '#bdb321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb321;
$custom-light: #d5c96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB321

secondary

#6D73CD

accent

#46ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB321

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

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