#BDB520#BDB520

#BDB520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB520
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -12.61, 68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 69.94, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0429 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.154 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7725, 43.9723, 7.8641)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB520 #2028BD

analogous

#BD6720 #BDB520 #76BD20

triadic

#BDB520 #20BDB5 #B520BD

tetradic

#BDB520 #20BD67 #2028BD #BD2076

square

#BDB520 #20BD67 #2028BD #BD2076

split-complementary

#BDB520 #2076BD #6720BD

monochromatic

#54510E #898317 #BDB520 #DED63C #E7E171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB520

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB520	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B42E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6c',
    500: '#bdb520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb520;
$custom-light: #d5ca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.943,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75612,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB520

secondary

#6B70CD

accent

#43EE3A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB520

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

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