#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
RGBrgb(189, 181, 36)
HSLhsl(57, 68%, 44%)
HSVhsv(57, 81%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.2%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.23, -12.49, 67.76)
CIE-LCHlch(72.23, 68.90, 100.44°)
OKLaboklab(75.63% -0.0423 0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(75.63% 0.152 106.1)
XYZxyz(37.8302, 43.9954, 8.1680)
Luminance0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDB5241.002.149.809.80
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8021.001.001.00
##0000009.8021.001.001.00

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

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#BDB524 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva