#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
RGBrgb(189, 180, 39)
HSLhsl(56, 66%, 45%)
HSVhsv(56, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.8%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.97, -11.88, 66.69)
CIE-LCHlch(71.97, 67.74, 100.10°)
OKLaboklab(75.43% -0.0404 0.1446)
OKLCHoklch(75.43% 0.15 105.6)
XYZxyz(37.6754, 43.6093, 8.3520)
Luminance0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##BDB4271.002.169.729.72
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7221.001.001.00
##0000009.7221.001.001.00

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

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#BDB427 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva