#BDB521#BDB521

#BDB521 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 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB521
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -12.58, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 69.69, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0428 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.154 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7863, 43.9778, 7.9367)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB521 #2129BD

analogous

#BD6721 #BDB521 #77BD21

triadic

#BDB521 #21BDB5 #B521BD

tetradic

#BDB521 #21BD67 #2129BD #BD2177

square

#BDB521 #21BD67 #2129BD #BD2177

split-complementary

#BDB521 #2177BD #6721BD

monochromatic

#55510F #898318 #BDB521 #DDD53E #E6E072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB521

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB521	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6c',
    500: '#bdb521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb521;
$custom-light: #d5ca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75616,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB521

secondary

#6D72CD

accent

#44ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB521

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

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