#BDB440#BDB440

#BDB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB440
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -10.71, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 58.93, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0347 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2344, 43.8329, 11.2961)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB440 #4049BD

analogous

#BD7640 #BDB440 #88BD40

triadic

#BDB440 #40BDB4 #B440BD

tetradic

#BDB440 #40BD76 #4049BD #BD4088

square

#BDB440 #40BD76 #4049BD #BD4088

split-complementary

#BDB440 #4088BD #7640BD

monochromatic

#625D21 #8F8831 #BDB440 #CDC76D #DDD89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB440

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB440	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7b',
    500: '#bdb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb440;
$custom-light: #d4ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB440

secondary

#9094C9

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB440

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

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