#BDB421#BDB421

#BDB421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.153 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB421
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -12.07, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 69.37, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0413 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.153 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5837, 43.5726, 7.8692)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB421 #212ABD

analogous

#BD6621 #BDB421 #78BD21

triadic

#BDB421 #21BDB4 #B421BD

tetradic

#BDB421 #21BD66 #212ABD #BD2178

square

#BDB421 #21BD66 #212ABD #BD2178

split-complementary

#BDB421 #2178BD #6621BD

monochromatic

#55510F #898218 #BDB421 #DDD43E #E6E072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB421

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB421	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)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.153 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6c',
    500: '#bdb421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb421;
$custom-light: #d5ca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.754,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB421

secondary

#6D72CD

accent

#45ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB421

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

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