#BDB542#BDB542

#BDB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB542
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -11.11, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 58.49, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0356 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4949, 44.2613, 11.6687)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB542 #424ABD

analogous

#BD7842 #BDB542 #87BD42

triadic

#BDB542 #42BDB5 #B542BD

tetradic

#BDB542 #42BD78 #424ABD #BD4287

square

#BDB542 #42BD78 #424ABD #BD4287

split-complementary

#BDB542 #4287BD #7842BD

monochromatic

#625E22 #908A32 #BDB542 #CDC76F #DDD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB542

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB542	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7c',
    500: '#bdb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb542;
$custom-light: #d4ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75827,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB542

secondary

#9295C9

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB542

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

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