#BDB526#BDB526

#BDB526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.151 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB526
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -12.42, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 68.35, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.042 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.151 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8616, 44.0080, 8.3334)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB526 #262EBD

analogous

#BD6926 #BDB526 #7ABD26

triadic

#BDB526 #26BDB5 #B526BD

tetradic

#BDB526 #26BD69 #262EBD #BD267A

square

#BDB526 #26BD69 #262EBD #BD267A

split-complementary

#BDB526 #267ABD #6926BD

monochromatic

#575312 #8A841C #BDB526 #DAD246 #E4DE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB526

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB526	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)

#C8B433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.151 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca6e',
    500: '#bdb526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb526;
$custom-light: #d5ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.15147,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB526

secondary

#7378CC

accent

#47E93E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB526

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

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