#BDB427#BDB427

#BDB427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.150 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB427
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -11.88, 66.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 67.74, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0404 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.15 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6754, 43.6093, 8.3520)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB427 #2730BD

analogous

#BD6927 #BDB427 #7BBD27

triadic

#BDB427 #27BDB4 #B427BD

tetradic

#BDB427 #27BD69 #2730BD #BD277B

square

#BDB427 #27BD69 #2730BD #BD277B

split-complementary

#BDB427 #277BBD #6927BD

monochromatic

#585312 #8A841D #BDB427 #D9D148 #E4DD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB427

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB427	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)

#C8B333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.150 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6e',
    500: '#bdb427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb427;
$custom-light: #d5ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB427

secondary

#7479CC

accent

#49E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB427

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

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