#BDB324#BDB324

#BDB324 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.151 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB324
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -11.46, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 68.26, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0394 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.151 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4265, 43.1879, 8.0334)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB324 #242EBD

analogous

#BD6624 #BDB324 #7BBD24

triadic

#BDB324 #24BDB3 #B324BD

tetradic

#BDB324 #24BD66 #242EBD #BD247B

square

#BDB324 #24BD66 #242EBD #BD247B

split-complementary

#BDB324 #247BBD #6624BD

monochromatic

#565210 #8A821A #BDB324 #DBD143 #E5DE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BDB324 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB324

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB324	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.151 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c96d',
    500: '#bdb324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb324;
$custom-light: #d5c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.078,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB324

secondary

#7076CC

accent

#48EB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB324

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

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