#BDB452#BDB452

#BDB452 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB452
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -9.49, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 51.09, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0292 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.12 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8318, 44.0718, 14.4422)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB452 #525BBD

analogous

#BD7E52 #BDB452 #90BD52

triadic

#BDB452 #52BDB4 #B452BD

tetradic

#BDB452 #52BD7E #525BBD #BD5290

square

#BDB452 #52BD7E #525BBD #BD5290

split-complementary

#BDB452 #5290BD #7E52BD

monochromatic

#6C6629 #98903A #BDB452 #CEC77E #DFDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDB452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB452

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB452	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)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca86',
    500: '#bdb452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb452;
$custom-light: #d3ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB452

secondary

#9EA2CC

accent

#5ED453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB452

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

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