#BDB541#BDB541

#BDB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB541
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -11.17, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 58.90, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0359 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4657, 44.2496, 11.5148)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB541 #4149BD

analogous

#BD7741 #BDB541 #87BD41

triadic

#BDB541 #41BDB5 #B541BD

tetradic

#BDB541 #41BD77 #4149BD #BD4187

square

#BDB541 #41BD77 #4149BD #BD4187

split-complementary

#BDB541 #4187BD #7741BD

monochromatic

#625E22 #8F8931 #BDB541 #CDC76E #DDD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB541

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB541	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)

#C4AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7c',
    500: '#bdb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb541;
$custom-light: #d4ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75818,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB541

secondary

#9194C9

accent

#58D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB541

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

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