#BDB447#BDB447

#BDB447 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB447
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -10.28, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 56.00, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0327 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4462, 43.9176, 12.4118)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB447 #4750BD

analogous

#BD7947 #BDB447 #8BBD47

triadic

#BDB447 #47BDB4 #B447BD

tetradic

#BDB447 #47BD79 #4750BD #BD478B

square

#BDB447 #47BD79 #4750BD #BD478B

split-complementary

#BDB447 #478BBD #7947BD

monochromatic

#656024 #928B34 #BDB447 #CDC674 #DDD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDB447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB447

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB447	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)

#C3AE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7f',
    500: '#bdb447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb447;
$custom-light: #d4ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB447

secondary

#969ACA

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB447

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

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