#BDB423#BDB423

#BDB423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.152 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB423
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -12.01, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 68.85, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.041 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.152 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6126, 43.5842, 8.0211)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB423 #232CBD

analogous

#BD6723 #BDB423 #79BD23

triadic

#BDB423 #23BDB4 #B423BD

tetradic

#BDB423 #23BD67 #232CBD #BD2379

square

#BDB423 #23BD67 #232CBD #BD2379

split-complementary

#BDB423 #2379BD #6723BD

monochromatic

#565210 #898319 #BDB423 #DCD341 #E5DF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB423

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB423	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.152 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6d',
    500: '#bdb423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb423;
$custom-light: #d5ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.494,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75408,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB423

secondary

#6F75CD

accent

#46EC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB423

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

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