#BDB530#BDB530

#BDB530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.146 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB530
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -12.04, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 65.25, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.04 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.146 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0452, 44.0814, 9.3003)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB530 #3038BD

analogous

#BD6F30 #BDB530 #7FBD30

triadic

#BDB530 #30BDB5 #B530BD

tetradic

#BDB530 #30BD6F #3038BD #BD307F

square

#BDB530 #30BD6F #3038BD #BD307F

split-complementary

#BDB530 #307FBD #6F30BD

monochromatic

#5B5817 #8C8624 #BDB530 #D4CD56 #E0DB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BDB530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB530

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB530	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.146 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca73',
    500: '#bdb530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb530;
$custom-light: #d5ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75693,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB530

secondary

#7F83CA

accent

#4EE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB530

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

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