#BDB52E#BDB52E

#BDB52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.148 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB52E
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -12.13, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 65.91, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0405 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.148 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0049, 44.0653, 9.0878)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB52E #2E36BD

analogous

#BD6D2E #BDB52E #7DBD2E

triadic

#BDB52E #2EBDB5 #B52EBD

tetradic

#BDB52E #2EBD6D #2E36BD #BD2E7D

square

#BDB52E #2EBD6D #2E36BD #BD2E7D

split-complementary

#BDB52E #2E7DBD #6D2EBD

monochromatic

#5B5716 #8C8622 #BDB52E #D5CE53 #E1DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDB52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB52E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB52E	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.148 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca72',
    500: '#bdb52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb52e;
$custom-light: #d5ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75681,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB52E

secondary

#7C81CA

accent

#4DE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB52E

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

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