#BDB544#BDB544

#BDB544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB544
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -10.99, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 57.65, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.035 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.133 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5549, 44.2853, 11.9847)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB544 #444CBD

analogous

#BD7844 #BDB544 #88BD44

triadic

#BDB544 #44BDB5 #B544BD

tetradic

#BDB544 #44BD78 #444CBD #BD4488

square

#BDB544 #44BD78 #444CBD #BD4488

split-complementary

#BDB544 #4488BD #7844BD

monochromatic

#635F23 #918B33 #BDB544 #CDC771 #DDD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB544

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB544	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7d',
    500: '#bdb544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb544;
$custom-light: #d4ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75845,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB544

secondary

#9397C9

accent

#59D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB544

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

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