#BDB342#BDB342

#BDB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB342
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -10.08, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 57.74, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0327 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0912, 43.4538, 11.5342)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB342 #424CBD

analogous

#BD7642 #BDB342 #89BD42

triadic

#BDB342 #42BDB3 #B342BD

tetradic

#BDB342 #42BD76 #424CBD #BD4289

square

#BDB342 #42BD76 #424CBD #BD4289

split-complementary

#BDB342 #4289BD #7642BD

monochromatic

#625D22 #908832 #BDB342 #CDC56F #DDD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BDB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB342

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB342	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97c',
    500: '#bdb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb342;
$custom-light: #d4c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75397,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB342

secondary

#9296C9

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB342

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

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