#BDB524#BDB524

#BDB524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.152 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB524
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -12.49, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 68.90, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0423 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.152 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8302, 43.9954, 8.1680)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB524 #242CBD

analogous

#BD6924 #BDB524 #79BD24

triadic

#BDB524 #24BDB5 #B524BD

tetradic

#BDB524 #24BD69 #242CBD #BD2479

square

#BDB524 #24BD69 #242CBD #BD2479

split-complementary

#BDB524 #2479BD #6924BD

monochromatic

#565310 #8A841A #BDB524 #DBD343 #E5DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB524

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB524	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)

#C8B431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.152 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6d',
    500: '#bdb524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb524;
$custom-light: #d5ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB524

secondary

#7075CC

accent

#46EB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB524

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

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