#BDB42E#BDB42E

#BDB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB42E
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -11.61, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 65.58, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.039 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8023, 43.6600, 9.0202)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB42E #2E37BD

analogous

#BD6C2E #BDB42E #7EBD2E

triadic

#BDB42E #2EBDB4 #B42EBD

tetradic

#BDB42E #2EBD6C #2E37BD #BD2E7E

square

#BDB42E #2EBD6C #2E37BD #BD2E7E

split-complementary

#BDB42E #2E7EBD #6C2EBD

monochromatic

#5B5616 #8C8522 #BDB42E #D5CD53 #E1DB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BDB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB42E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB42E	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)

#C4AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca71',
    500: '#bdb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb42e;
$custom-light: #d5ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB42E

secondary

#7C81CA

accent

#4EE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB42E

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

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