#BDB442#BDB442

#BDB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; 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	#BDB442
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -10.60, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 58.11, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0341 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2923, 43.8561, 11.6012)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB442 #424BBD

analogous

#BD7742 #BDB442 #88BD42

triadic

#BDB442 #42BDB4 #B442BD

tetradic

#BDB442 #42BD77 #424BBD #BD4288

square

#BDB442 #42BD77 #424BBD #BD4288

split-complementary

#BDB442 #4288BD #7742BD

monochromatic

#625E22 #908932 #BDB442 #CDC66F #DDD89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB442

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB442	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)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7c',
    500: '#bdb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb442;
$custom-light: #d4ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75612,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB442

secondary

#9296C9

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB442

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

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