#BDB425#BDB425

#BDB425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.151 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB425
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -11.94, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 68.31, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0407 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.151 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6431, 43.5964, 8.1820)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB425 #252EBD

analogous

#BD6825 #BDB425 #7ABD25

triadic

#BDB425 #25BDB4 #B425BD

tetradic

#BDB425 #25BD68 #252EBD #BD257A

square

#BDB425 #25BD68 #252EBD #BD257A

split-complementary

#BDB425 #257ABD #6825BD

monochromatic

#575311 #8A831B #BDB425 #DBD245 #E5DE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB425

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB425	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)

#C8B332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.151 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6e',
    500: '#bdb425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb425;
$custom-light: #d5ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.447,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB425

secondary

#7277CC

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB425

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

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