#BDB445#BDB445

#BDB445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB445
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -10.41, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 56.85, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0333 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.131 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3831, 43.8924, 12.0793)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB445 #454EBD

analogous

#BD7845 #BDB445 #8ABD45

triadic

#BDB445 #45BDB4 #B445BD

tetradic

#BDB445 #45BD78 #454EBD #BD458A

square

#BDB445 #45BD78 #454EBD #BD458A

split-complementary

#BDB445 #458ABD #7845BD

monochromatic

#645F24 #918A34 #BDB445 #CDC672 #DDD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDB445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB445

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB445	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)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7e',
    500: '#bdb445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb445;
$custom-light: #d4ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB445

secondary

#9498CA

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB445

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

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