#BDB540#BDB540

#BDB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.136 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB540
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -11.23, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 59.30, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0361 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.136 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4370, 44.2381, 11.3636)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB540 #4048BD

analogous

#BD7740 #BDB540 #87BD40

triadic

#BDB540 #40BDB5 #B540BD

tetradic

#BDB540 #40BD77 #4048BD #BD4087

square

#BDB540 #40BD77 #4048BD #BD4087

split-complementary

#BDB540 #4087BD #7740BD

monochromatic

#625D21 #8F8931 #BDB540 #CDC76D #DDD99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB540

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB540	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.136 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7b',
    500: '#bdb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb540;
$custom-light: #d4ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7581,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB540

secondary

#9093C9

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB540

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

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