#BDB52F#BDB52F

#BDB52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.147 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB52F
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -12.08, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 65.59, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0403 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.147 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0248, 44.0732, 9.1928)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB52F #2F37BD

analogous

#BD6E2F #BDB52F #7EBD2F

triadic

#BDB52F #2FBDB5 #B52FBD

tetradic

#BDB52F #2FBD6E #2F37BD #BD2F7E

square

#BDB52F #2FBD6E #2F37BD #BD2F7E

split-complementary

#BDB52F #2F7EBD #6E2FBD

monochromatic

#5B5717 #8C8623 #BDB52F #D5CD55 #E1DC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDB52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB52F

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB52F	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)

#C5AE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.147 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca72',
    500: '#bdb52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb52f;
$custom-light: #d5ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB52F

secondary

#7E82CA

accent

#4DE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB52F

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

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