#BDB330#BDB330

#BDB330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.145 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB330
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -11.01, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 64.57, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0372 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.145 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6415, 43.2739, 9.1657)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB330 #303ABD

analogous

#BD6D30 #BDB330 #81BD30

triadic

#BDB330 #30BDB3 #B330BD

tetradic

#BDB330 #30BD6D #303ABD #BD3081

square

#BDB330 #30BD6D #303ABD #BD3081

split-complementary

#BDB330 #3081BD #6D30BD

monochromatic

#5B5717 #8C8524 #BDB330 #D4CB56 #E0DA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB330

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB330	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)

#C3AD15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.145 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c972',
    500: '#bdb330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb330;
$custom-light: #d5c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75261,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB330

secondary

#7F84CA

accent

#50E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB330

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

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