#BDB433#BDB433

#BDB433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.144 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB433
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -11.39, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 63.88, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0379 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.144 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9066, 43.7018, 9.5699)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB433 #333CBD

analogous

#BD6F33 #BDB433 #81BD33

triadic

#BDB433 #33BDB4 #B433BD

tetradic

#BDB433 #33BD6F #333CBD #BD3381

square

#BDB433 #33BD6F #333CBD #BD3381

split-complementary

#BDB433 #3381BD #6F33BD

monochromatic

#5D5819 #8D8626 #BDB433 #D3CB5B #E0DA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB433

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB433	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)

#C4AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.144 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca74',
    500: '#bdb433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb433;
$custom-light: #d5ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75496,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB433

secondary

#8287CA

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB433

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

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