#BDB345#BDB345

#BDB345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB345
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -9.89, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 56.48, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0318 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1820, 43.4901, 12.0122)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB345 #454FBD

analogous

#BD7745 #BDB345 #8BBD45

triadic

#BDB345 #45BDB3 #B345BD

tetradic

#BDB345 #45BD77 #454FBD #BD458B

square

#BDB345 #45BD77 #454FBD #BD458B

split-complementary

#BDB345 #458BBD #7745BD

monochromatic

#645F24 #918934 #BDB345 #CDC572 #DDD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB345

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB345	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97e',
    500: '#bdb345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb345;
$custom-light: #d4c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75424,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB345

secondary

#9499CA

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB345

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

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