#BDB441#BDB441

#BDB441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB441
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -10.66, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 58.52, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0344 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2631, 43.8444, 11.4473)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB441 #414ABD

analogous

#BD7641 #BDB441 #88BD41

triadic

#BDB441 #41BDB4 #B441BD

tetradic

#BDB441 #41BD76 #414ABD #BD4188

square

#BDB441 #41BD76 #414ABD #BD4188

split-complementary

#BDB441 #4188BD #7641BD

monochromatic

#625D22 #8F8931 #BDB441 #CDC66E #DDD89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB441

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB441	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)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7b',
    500: '#bdb441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb441;
$custom-light: #d4ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75603,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB441

secondary

#9195C9

accent

#59D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB441

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

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