#BDB444#BDB444

#BDB444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB444
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -10.47, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 57.28, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0336 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.132 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3523, 43.8801, 11.9172)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB444 #444DBD

analogous

#BD7744 #BDB444 #89BD44

triadic

#BDB444 #44BDB4 #B444BD

tetradic

#BDB444 #44BD77 #444DBD #BD4489

square

#BDB444 #44BD77 #444DBD #BD4489

split-complementary

#BDB444 #4489BD #7744BD

monochromatic

#635F23 #918A33 #BDB444 #CDC671 #DDD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDB444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB444

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB444	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7d',
    500: '#bdb444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb444;
$custom-light: #d4ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7563,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB444

secondary

#9397C9

accent

#5AD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB444

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

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