#BDB450#BDB450

#BDB450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.122 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB450
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -9.64, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 52.01, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0298 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.122 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7568, 44.0418, 14.0472)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB450 #5059BD

analogous

#BD7E50 #BDB450 #8FBD50

triadic

#BDB450 #50BDB4 #B450BD

tetradic

#BDB450 #50BD7E #5059BD #BD508F

square

#BDB450 #50BD7E #5059BD #BD508F

split-complementary

#BDB450 #508FBD #7E50BD

monochromatic

#6A6528 #978F39 #BDB450 #CEC77C #DFDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDB450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB450

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB450	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.122 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bdb450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb450;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7575,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB450

secondary

#9DA1CC

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB450

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

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