#BDB430#BDB430

#BDB430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.146 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB430
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -11.53, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 64.91, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0386 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.146 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8426, 43.6762, 9.2327)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB430 #3039BD

analogous

#BD6E30 #BDB430 #80BD30

triadic

#BDB430 #30BDB4 #B430BD

tetradic

#BDB430 #30BD6E #3039BD #BD3080

square

#BDB430 #30BD6E #3039BD #BD3080

split-complementary

#BDB430 #3080BD #6E30BD

monochromatic

#5B5717 #8C8624 #BDB430 #D4CC56 #E0DB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB430

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB430	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.146 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca72',
    500: '#bdb430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb430;
$custom-light: #d5ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB430

secondary

#7F83CA

accent

#4FE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB430

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

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