#BDB448#BDB448

#BDB448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB448
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -10.21, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 55.57, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0324 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.129 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4786, 43.9306, 12.5822)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB448 #4851BD

analogous

#BD7948 #BDB448 #8BBD48

triadic

#BDB448 #48BDB4 #B448BD

tetradic

#BDB448 #48BD79 #4851BD #BD488B

square

#BDB448 #48BD79 #4851BD #BD488B

split-complementary

#BDB448 #488BBD #7948BD

monochromatic

#666125 #938C35 #BDB448 #CDC675 #DDD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB448

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB448	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca80',
    500: '#bdb448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb448;
$custom-light: #d4ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB448

secondary

#979BCA

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB448

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

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