#BDB348#BDB348

#BDB348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB348
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -9.69, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 55.19, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0309 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.2775, 43.5283, 12.5152)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB348 #4852BD

analogous

#BD7848 #BDB348 #8CBD48

triadic

#BDB348 #48BDB3 #B348BD

tetradic

#BDB348 #48BD78 #4852BD #BD488C

square

#BDB348 #48BD78 #4852BD #BD488C

split-complementary

#BDB348 #488CBD #7848BD

monochromatic

#666025 #938B35 #BDB348 #CDC675 #DDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB348

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB348	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c980',
    500: '#bdb348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb348;
$custom-light: #d4c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75453,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.43527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB348

secondary

#979BCA

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB348

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

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