#BDB326#BDB326

#BDB326 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.150 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB326
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -11.40, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 67.70, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0391 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.15 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4579, 43.2005, 8.1988)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB326 #2630BD

analogous

#BD6726 #BDB326 #7CBD26

triadic

#BDB326 #26BDB3 #B326BD

tetradic

#BDB326 #26BD67 #2630BD #BD267C

square

#BDB326 #26BD67 #2630BD #BD267C

split-complementary

#BDB326 #267CBD #6726BD

monochromatic

#575212 #8A831C #BDB326 #DAD046 #E4DD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB326 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BDB326 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB326

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB326	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB326	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)

#C7B232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb326;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.150 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c96e',
    500: '#bdb326',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb326;
$custom-light: #d5c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb326",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75206,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB326

secondary

#7379CC

accent

#4AE93E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB326

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

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