#BDB346#BDB346

#BDB346 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	#BDB346
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -9.83, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 56.05, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0315 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2133, 43.5026, 12.1771)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB346 #4650BD

analogous

#BD7746 #BDB346 #8BBD46

triadic

#BDB346 #46BDB3 #B346BD

tetradic

#BDB346 #46BD77 #4650BD #BD468B

square

#BDB346 #46BD77 #4650BD #BD468B

split-complementary

#BDB346 #468BBD #7746BD

monochromatic

#655F24 #928A34 #BDB346 #CDC673 #DDD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB346

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB346	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c97e',
    500: '#bdb346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb346;
$custom-light: #d4c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75433,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB346

secondary

#9599CA

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB346

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

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