#BDB451#BDB451

#BDB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB451
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -9.57, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 51.55, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0295 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.121 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7940, 44.0567, 14.2433)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB451 #515ABD

analogous

#BD7E51 #BDB451 #90BD51

triadic

#BDB451 #51BDB4 #B451BD

tetradic

#BDB451 #51BD7E #515ABD #BD5190

square

#BDB451 #51BD7E #515ABD #BD5190

split-complementary

#BDB451 #5190BD #7E51BD

monochromatic

#6B6529 #979039 #BDB451 #CEC77D #DFDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB451

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB451	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)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bdb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb451;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75762,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB451

secondary

#9EA1CC

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB451

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

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