#BDB42C#BDB42C

#BDB42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.148 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB42C
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -11.69, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 66.22, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0394 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.148 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7638, 43.6446, 8.8174)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB42C #2C35BD

analogous

#BD6B2C #BDB42C #7DBD2C

triadic

#BDB42C #2CBDB4 #B42CBD

tetradic

#BDB42C #2CBD6B #2C35BD #BD2C7D

square

#BDB42C #2CBD6B #2C35BD #BD2C7D

split-complementary

#BDB42C #2C7DBD #6B2CBD

monochromatic

#5A5515 #8B8520 #BDB42C #D6CE50 #E2DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BDB42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB42C

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB42C	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.148 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca71',
    500: '#bdb42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb42c;
$custom-light: #d5ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75454,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB42C

secondary

#7A7FCB

accent

#4DE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB42C

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

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