#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
RGBrgb(189, 180, 48)
HSLhsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSVhsv(56, 75%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.8%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.01, -11.53, 63.88)
CIE-LCHlch(72.01, 64.91, 100.23°)
OKLaboklab(75.48% -0.0386 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(75.48% 0.146 105.4)
XYZxyz(37.8426, 43.6762, 9.2327)
Luminance0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDB4301.002.169.749.74
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7421.001.001.00
##0000009.7421.001.001.00

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

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#BDB430 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva