#BDB449#BDB449

#BDB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.128 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB449
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -10.15, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 55.13, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0321 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.128 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5115, 43.9437, 12.7554)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB449 #4952BD

analogous

#BD7A49 #BDB449 #8CBD49

triadic

#BDB449 #49BDB4 #B449BD

tetradic

#BDB449 #49BD7A #4952BD #BD498C

square

#BDB449 #49BD7A #4952BD #BD498C

split-complementary

#BDB449 #498CBD #7A49BD

monochromatic

#666125 #938C35 #BDB449 #CDC776 #DED9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB449

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB449	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)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.128 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca80',
    500: '#bdb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb449;
$custom-light: #d4ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75677,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB449

secondary

#979BCA

accent

#5CD651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB449

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

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